When I Became Leader, I Made Very

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 Injustice Where Ordinary People Are Silent Witnesses, Left To Suffer Without Basic Services, As The Profits From Their Countries' Assets Are Hidden And Plundered By Corrupt Regimes.

We Need To Reach Out To Small 'l' Liberal Voters Who Have A Modern Outlook On Life, Who Want A Party That Is Hard-headed On The Economy - More Credible On The Economy Than Labour - But More Socially Progressive And Fairer Than The Conservatives.

Although I Am A Young Leader, I Actually Came To It Strangely Quite Late. I Have A Different Perspective, Partly Because Of My Family, Partly Because Of What I Did For Ten Years: Negotiating Trade Deals, Working Out In Central Asia Doing Assistance Projects.

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, We Are A European Nation.

Any Government, Of Whatever Composition, Needs To Mobilise Opinion Way Beyond Its Own Ranks In Order To Do The Difficult Things That It Does.