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- European Union
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find no contradiction between being a Highlander, a Scot, a citizen of the U.K. and a citizen of the European Union at one and the same time.
- Parliament
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales, both elected by fairer votes - involving proportional representation.
- Deepening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I listened to the students on campus in Plymouth, worried about their steadily deepening debts and how on earth they would ever escape them.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quality of life actually begins at home - it's in your street, around your community.
- Decent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ours is a stable country. Ours is a sensible country. And ours is a fundamentally decent country.
- Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
A society which is liberal democratic cannot have public policy determined upon the basis of who has got the loudest voice - or who can brings things to a halt.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gratification and happiness are becoming important measures of our quality of life.
- Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
We Liberal Democrats don't believe we should use the tax structure to champion just one type of family.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Political parties need to look at the different kinds of support that people may need, suited to their way of life, and provide cost-effective solutions.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The terrorist seeks to smash the most fundamental liberty of all: the right to lead our everyday lives on the basic assumption of safety.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe when the country feels threatened it is important that we are seen to be working together to find an appropriate structure for dealing with terrorists in our midst.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
The late Roy Jenkins was both a mentor and a personal friend. He was a man of both phenomenal intellect and political achievement in equal measure.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Professionally I would say taking up my constituents' problems is something I continue to enjoy after 22 years as an MP.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Terrorism gravely threatens international peace and security, and as a solution, the power and apparent finality of force are seductive.
- Defeated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Terror can never be defeated by force alone.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Britain is a European power. We cannot change our geography. Our involvement in the politics of European cooperation is one of necessity. Our wealth and our security depend upon it.
- European Countries
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- Nov 07, 2020
By common consent, most European countries support the maintenance of robust welfare states and are comfortable with taxation systems that support them.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know from my own parents how important active older people are to a local community.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
We'll need to revise the tired assumption that people automatically become more conservative as they grow older.
- Extending
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- Nov 07, 2020
Liberal Democracy is all about extending choice. Give people the option to decide their retirement age, and you immediately extend their freedom in a very significant way.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people want to scale back their working hours as they near the end of their careers, but not necessarily to give up work altogether.
- Opposition
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's our job as Liberal Democrats to be an effective opposition - and an increasingly tough one as well.
- Fair
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all the principles which constitute Liberal Democracy, internationalism is the clearest, the most distinctive, and the one with the longest history.
- Demanded
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- Nov 07, 2020
Liberals have been committed to the principles of human rights, international stability, and international justice. They have also sought international solutions to those problems which have demanded collective attention.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
When human rights are systematically abused, it raises the question whether it may be legitimate in some circumstances for the international community to intervene within individual states as well as in conflicts between states.
- Front Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to our public services, decentralisation means giving power back to those on the front line - our doctors, nurses, teachers and physiotherapists, and our locally elected officials.
- Deliver
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those who use our public services should be able to deal directly with those who manage and deliver them.
- Debate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Decentralisation is controversial - but that's fine. We should be fearless about having a debate.
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.
- Nov 07, 2020
The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way to defeat international terrorism is through international cooperation based on international law, clear intelligence, and a measured and appropriate military response.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Soon after the 1997 election, I argued that there was no inverse law of political gravity which said that everything which went down had to come back up.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
When power is exercised exclusively at the centre, the result is rigidity of rules and alienation of the people subject to those rules.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
New Labour needs to realise that family life and the way we raise our children are private matters.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
No government body is more notorious for over-legislation than the Department of Trade and Industry.
- Mission
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- Nov 07, 2020
Speaking to numerous teachers and nurses, I am consistently struck by the sense of mission they have about their work.
- Front Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my view, as a country we need to rediscover some of that skepticism about government and revisit that libertarian agenda.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need a liberal agenda in which government resists the temptation to interfere in the lives of individuals but is equally determined to play an active role where creative action can advance the liberties of all.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my view, nations together are stronger than when they are isolated. And because they are stronger, their people are more free, not less.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Useful lessons can be learned from our more successful local authorities - as you move into government, it is even more imperative to communicate speedily and persuasively with your members and your voters.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I happen to consider myself a Highlander even before a Scot; I am proud to be British yet feel comfortable as a European citizen.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced.
- Nov 07, 2020
The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.
- Moves
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- Nov 07, 2020
With 24-hour news... the story moves on with the media.
- Expectations
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that access to a university education should be based on the ability to learn, not what people can afford. I think there is no more nauseating a sight than politicians pulling up the ladder of opportunity behind them.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.
- Lifelong
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a lifelong believer in trade unionism.
- Cooperation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and between both sides of industry. And we believe in the language of cooperation. We reject the language of confrontation.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial and, at certain times, absolutely essential.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be seen to be human, provided you're doing your job at the same time, is definitely not a negative, not at all.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will go out of this world feet first with my Lib Dem membership card in my pocket.
- Human Race
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what they are, they can agree or they can choose to disagree. I'm not going to waste time just rubbishing everybody else.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The quicker we get rid of the lobby system the better for all of us. I don't think in this day and age it is tenable to have these nods and winks, and on-the-record and off-the-record briefings.
- Nov 07, 2020
People are not stupid.
- Able
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- Nov 07, 2020
Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay - everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I don't want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
My approach is always to try to be straight with people, especially about what my party can achieve.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Life Is Too Short
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short.
- Former
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard - particularly on the subject of their successors!
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.
- Events
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.
- Nov 07, 2020
We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has been the greatest privilege of my adult and public life to have served, for 32 years, as the Member of Parliament for our local Highlands and Islands communities.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A perennial problem that has faced the Scottish Highlands is that, time and again, too many of the more talented young people have had to move elsewhere - even abroad - through a lack of opportunities that should have been available.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some ministers are fond of talking about a return to Victorian values. We must realise that those Victorian values are being expressed by some of the younger people in this society in shameful and disturbing disregard for other members of their generation who are not as fortunate as they are in having a job.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
During my campaign, people of my age and younger said consistently that they would not vote because their votes simply no longer matter and because no government or member of Parliament cared a whit about their problems and their striving for employment.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
To involve young people and make sure that the system is more relevant to them in Scotland, we have a clear obligation to implement a policy of home rule.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020