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

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

I think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard - particularly on the subject of their successors!

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.

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

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

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.