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

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

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.

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.

Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.

I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.

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