You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers.

The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.

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

My approach is always to try to be straight with people, especially about what my party can achieve.

To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.

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

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….