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

There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced.

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….

I will go out of this world feet first with my Lib Dem membership card in my pocket.

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

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.

The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.