After The Economic 9/11, We Will Face

What I Hope Is In Five Years' Time, I Can Go To The British People In The Election And Say: Lots Of You Doubted That Coalition Politics Worked, But It Has Worked.

I Have Got Instincts That, I Think, Are Very Much In Tune With People's Very Keen Sense To See Something Different. I Did Not Dream Of Being In Politics Since I Was Knee-high To A Grasshopper. I Was Not Involved In Student Politics, Or Not In That Partisan Way.

I Don't Watch A Huge Amount Of Telly. I Read A Lot. I'm Reading At The Moment 'freedom,' By Jonathan Franzen, A Great Big Brick Of A Book, And I'm Loving It.

Grown-up Politicians Talk To Each Other Across Party Lines. Over The Last Few Weeks I Have Had Lengthy Conversations With Ed Miliband, David Miliband, With Tony Blair, With Peter Mandelson... Talking About Europe, Talking About Political Reform.

On The Bskyb Bid, Rupert Murdoch Is Now In Town In London Seeking To Sort Things Out. I Would Simply Say To Him, Look How People Feel About This. Look How The Country Has Reacted With Revulsion To The Revelations. So Do The Decent And Sensible Thing And Reconsider, Think Again, About Your Bid For Bskyb.