What has been the highlight of your political career?

What has been the highlight of your political career?

Andrew Phillips (Lord) gives expert video advice on: What first interested you in politics?; How did you begin your political career?; If you could have chosen any other career what would it have been? and more...

That is hard to say because, conventionally, I have had a very failed political career. I mean, I fought five times to get into Parliament, four times for the Commons, first is Labor. Then when they expelled me, for the Lib Dems, or the Liberals as they were, and then the Liberal Democrats. A forty European election - the first European election in, what was it, '79? So I have had, in that sense, a failed career, because I wanted to be a Commons man. Having said that, the fact that I was forced to live my life outside Westminster has led me into other opportunities, enjoyments, and fulfilments. It is very difficult for me to say what has been the most memorable of those. I think my last eight years I had in the House of Lords from '98 until last year, they were fascinating. So, too, was setting up a law firm and developing it. So, too, was I set up, I think three charities in my life, and they have been hugely influential with me. So, I am a lucky bunny really.