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

I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education.

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

If you were to describe me as teetotal, on behalf of my constituency I'd have to sue; that would lose me every vote in the Highlands.

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

Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay - everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I don't want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place.

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