I Don't Feel Comfortable With

The Economy Has Become Seriously Unbalanced. Its Growth Has Not Been Driven By Investment Or By Overcoming Britain's Long-standing Weaknesses In Investment And Productivity, Particularly Skills. Instead, There Has Been A Binge Of Debt-financed Consumer Spending.

If The Pendulum Swings, It May Swing To A Combination Of Conservatives And Liberal Democrats And, Thus, To A Period Of Minority Government Or Coalition, In Some Form.

My College, Fitzwilliam, Was Pretty Good But Unfashionable And I Lived In Digs So I Was Not Part Of The Cloistered 'old College' Environment, Which Frankly Was A Bit Intimidating. But I Worked Hard And Settled In By Exploring Politics And Girls.

The Food In The House Of Commons Is Fairly Good. The Cafe In Portcullis House Is Really Very High Quality, And You Also Have A Choice Of Eating In The More Traditional Restaurants, The Churchill Room Or The Members' Dining Room. I Don't Often Eat In Them, Though, As I'm Usually On The Run.

I Know It Sounds Trite But I Wanted To Make A Difference. Political Debates With My Father Had Been Fraught Because He Was Uncompromising And Explosive But If He Taught Me One Thing It Was To Air My Views.