After The Economic 9/11, We Will Face

Any Government, Of Whatever Composition, Needs To Mobilise Opinion Way Beyond Its Own Ranks In Order To Do The Difficult Things That It Does.

Actually, The Curious Thing Is That The More You Become A Subject Of Admiration Or Loathing, The More You're Examined Under A Microscope, The Distance Seems To Open Up Between Who You Really Are And The Portrayals That People Impose On You.

If You Scratch Below The Surface And Ask What Really Makes Me Tick, It's The Liberalism Of Trying To Promote Freedom And Opportunity. Promoting Social Mobility Is One Of The Keys To That.

The Liberal Democrats Will Add A Heart To A Conservative Government And A Brain To A Labour One.

I Didn't Become Leader To Transform The Liberal Democrats Into An Enlarged Form Of The Electoral Reform Society. It's Not The Be All And End All For Us. There Are Other Very, Very Key Ambitions In Politics, Not Least Social Mobility And Life Chances, That I Care About As Passionately If Not More.