Liberalism Is A Really Old British Tradition

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.

Do I Get Up Every Morning And Ask: Am I Doing The Things That I Believe In And Am I Doing Them For The Best Possible Motives? Yes. Unambiguously Yes.

I Say This As A Young Dad Seeing Children Going Into Primary School: I Don't Think We Should Underestimate The Formative Effect On A Child Of Those First Years In Primary School.

We Need To Teach Our Kids, Because There Is Such A Celebrity Culture At The Moment, That However Rich You Are, However Famous You Are, However Glamorous You Are, Everyone Has To Live By The Same Rules.

One Thing I Have Frankly Decided Is That When It Comes To Political Reform We Have Two Conservative Parties In British Politics. Both The Labour And Conservative Parties Have Constantly And Repeatedly Failed To Honour Promises They Have Made About Reforming, Cleaning, Modernising Our Clapped-out System.