Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions.

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

I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.

Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.

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….

I will go out of this world feet first with my Lib Dem membership card in my pocket.

There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces.