'The eurozone shambles has been the worst setback for European integration since the 1940s'

'The 166 countries outside the EU are at peace even though they do not belong to the EU or enjoy the benefits of the single currency'

‘The government has sensibly decided to give back to the Bank of England its old job of regulator. But a clutter of extra institutions and committees is being proposed, none of which is the real boss’

‘Under my proposal well-behaved banks would have a strong interest in preventing their risk-prone rivals from ruining the system’