After The Economic 9/11, We Will Face

If There's One Thing I'm Not Going To Apologise For As The Leader Of The Liberal Democrats In Government After 60 Or 70 Years Of Being Out Of Government, It's That You Just Cannot Avoid But Deal With The World The Way It Is.

Most Of What Needs To Be Changed In The Euro Zone Can Be Done Without Treaty Changes. The Demand For Treaty Change Is As Political As It Is Legal And I Don't Think It's Going To Happen Soon.

I Think That The Days When Newspaper Barons Could Basically Click Their Fingers And Governments Would Snap To Attention Have Gone.

I Don't Want To Clip On The Armour Every Morning. I've Seen Some Politicians Do This And They Get A Bit Mangled And Bitter. I Just Refuse To Do That. I Refuse To Be Angry Or Bitter Or Complain, And I Remain Open. I May Sometimes Be A Bit Too Open But I'm Not Going To Change That One Bit.

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.