[all Governments] Get Into A Rut Where

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.

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.

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

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.

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