My favourite novel is Frederick Forsythe's Day Of The Jackal, the story about the unproven case of this apparent Englishman who was hired to assassinate De Gaulle….

Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.

We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and between both sides of industry. And we believe in the language of cooperation. We reject the language of confrontation.

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.

I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial and, at certain times, absolutely essential.

I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.