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

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

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.

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

My idealism has not abated, but I have witnessed it withering away nationwide, to the point where at least among the young, to have ideals is akin to being blinkered and oldfashioned.

Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.

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