When I Became Leader, I

What I Hope Is In Five Years' Time, I Can Go To The British People In The Election And Say: Lots Of You Doubted That Coalition Politics Worked, But It Has Worked.

I'm Very Lucky. I Am One Of Those People Who Is Able To Go Home, Shut The Front Door And Completely Focus On The Kids.

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.

One Thing I've Very Quickly Learned Is That If You Wake Up Every Morning Worrying About What's In The Press, You Would Go Completely And Utterly Potty.

If There's One Thing I'm Not Going To Apologise For As The Leader Of The Liberal Democrats In Government After 60 Or 70 Years Of Being Out Of Government, It's That You Just Cannot Avoid But Deal With The World The Way It Is.