The Liberal Democrats Will Add A Heart

I Firmly Believe That The Principles Behind Contraction & Convergence Provide The Best Long-term Framework For A Fair And Equitable Climate Change Mitigation Policy

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 Will Not Accept A New Wave Of Fiscal Retrenchment, Of Belt-tightening, Without Asking People At The Top To Make Their Contribution, To Make An Additional Contribution. I Don't Think You Can Ask People On Middle And Low Incomes, Who, After All, Are The Vast Majority Of The British Population, To Bear The Brunt Of This Adjustment.

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.

When I Became Leader, I Made Very Clear I Was Not Going To Choose The Easy Life. I Have Always Taken Risks. I Don't Like Comfort-zone Politics.