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

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….

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 do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.

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.

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