I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial and, at certain times, absolutely essential.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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