‘The malaise in Western Europe is attributable to affluence bought not by economic dynamism but by reckless borrowing. The response of Greece and Italy is to walk away from democracy’

‘What would have happened to Britain’s economy if the ECB’s Mario Draghi, rather than Mervyn King, had been governor of the Bank of England in 2007?’

‘The City of London, like all financial markets, does resemble a casino—but it is better to have a successful and productive casino here than to push it abroad’

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