Paddy Ashdown Is The Only

Politics Is Much Too Serious To Be Taken Too Seriously; Equally, There Are Many Aspects Of It So Laughable As To Be Lamentable.

My Health Is Good And It's Up To Me To Keep It That Way.

If You Were To Describe Me As Teetotal, On Behalf Of My Constituency I'd Have To Sue; That Would Lose Me Every Vote In The Highlands.

It Is True That I Entered Parliament At The Age Of 23, And Have Now Been Representing The People Of My Constituency For Over Twenty Years.

There Is No Satisfaction To Be Derived From Having Had Many Of Our Arguments Borne Out By Events.