I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'

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….

There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.

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

For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.

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.

I believe that access to a university education should be based on the ability to learn, not what people can afford. I think there is no more nauseating a sight than politicians pulling up the ladder of opportunity behind them.