Politics is compromise.

The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy.

What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.

The multinational corporations now developing budgets often bigger than medium-sized countries — these live in a global space which is largely unregulated, not subject to the rule of law, and in which people may act free of constraint.

The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society.

I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.