The Conservative Party is not honouring the commitment to Lords reform and, as a result, part of our contract has now been broken. Clearly I cannot p….

I totally rule out any arrangements with the SNP — in the same way I rule out any arrangements with Ukip - because there is no meeting point for me w….

What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less..

I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that.….

You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro zone straighten itse….

We need to teach our kids, because there is such a celebrity culture at the moment, that however rich you are, however famous you are, however glamor….

Actually, the curious thing is that the more you become a subject of admiration or loathing, the more you're examined under a microscope, the distanc….

The Liberal Democrats will add a heart to a Conservative government and a brain to a Labour one..

You see people literally in a different galaxy who are paying extraordinarily low rates of tax..

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..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes..

One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and ….

I work in lockstep, hand in glove, with the prime minister on these issues, and as we are supportive to the Eurozone so they can sort their problems ….

The Liberal Democrat Party and the Conservative Party come at things very differently when it comes to Europe. When it comes to political reform, we ….

For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It is time to end the injust….

The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography,….

Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on e….

If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, it's the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and opportunity. Promoting socia….

I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British press, ….

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 f….