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I am personally quite liberal.

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.

A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.

I'm basically a libertarian, and I'm a conservative on economic matters, and I'm a social liberal.

I would say I'm a 19th-century liberal, possibly even an 18th-century one.

I am a limousine liberal.

Well, I am not afraid of the word 'liberal.'

My family were liberal with a small 'l' but passionately doers. I wanted to be a doer.