میں اس تنقید کو بالکل جائز تسلیم کرتا ہوں کہ جب آپ حکومت کے روزمرہ کے ہنگاموں میں الجھ جاتے ہیں، تو جو چیز پس منظر میں چلی جاتی ہے وہ ہے آپ کا بیانیہ، وہ رہنما اصول یا گیت جو لوگوں کو حوصلہ دیتا ہے اور ان کی نگاہوں کو بلند کرتا ہے۔

I totally accept that it's a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government that what can get lost is the narrative, the hymn sheet the song that inspires and lifts people's sights.

I totally accept that it's a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government that what can get lost is the narrative, the hymn sheet the song that inspires and lifts people's sights.

एड मिलिबैंड ने व्यक्तिगत हमलों को एक तरह की रणनीति बना लिया है।

[Ed Miliband]'s elevated personal abuse into a sort of strategy

[Ed Miliband]'s elevated personal abuse into a sort of strategy

मुझे लगता है कि वो दिन अब लद गए जब अखबारों के मालिक चुटकी बजाते थे और सरकारें उनके इशारे पर काम करने लगतीं थीं।

I think that the days when newspaper barons could basically click their fingers and governments would snap to attention have gone.

I think that the days when newspaper barons could basically click their fingers and governments would snap to attention have gone.

NHS में सुधार को जल्दी से पूरा करने से ज्यादा जरूरी मेरे लिए इसे सही तरीके से करना है।

I care more about getting this right [NHS reform] than I do about getting it done.

I care more about getting this right [NHS reform] than I do about getting it done.

लिबरल डेमोक्रेट्स पार्टी कंज़रवेटिव सरकार को एक दिल और लेबर सरकार को एक दिमाग देगी।

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

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

आजकल जिस तरह का सेलिब्रिटी कल्चर चल रहा है, उसे देखते हुए हमें अपने बच्चों को यह सिखाना होगा कि आप चाहे जितने अमीर, मशहूर या ग्लैमरस हों, लेकिन नियम सभी के लिए एक जैसे ही होने पूरे चाहिए।

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 glamorous you are, everyone has to live by the same rules.

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 glamorous you are, everyone has to live by the same rules.

यूरोपीय संघ (EU) के तौर पर हमें कम के बजाय सिंगल मार्केट में ज़्यादा आर्थिक एकीकरण की दिशा में काम करना चाहिए।

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

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

आप ऐसे लोगों को देखते हैं जो सचमुच किसी दूसरी दुनिया में रहते हैं और बेहद कम टैक्स देते हैं।

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

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

दुनिया के सबसे गरीब लोगों को अपने ही घर के पास मौजूद विशाल प्राकृतिक संसाधनों का फायदा बहुत लंबे समय से नहीं मिला है। अब इस अन्याय को खत्म करने का समय आ गया है, जहां आम लोग खामोश तमाशा देखने को मजबूर हैं, बुनियादी सुविधाओं से महरूम रहकर भुगत रहे हैं, जबकि उनके देशों की संपत्ति का मुनाफा भ्रष्ट शासन प्रणालियों द्वारा छुपाया और लूटा जा रहा है।

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.

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.

सच कहें तो दिलचस्प बात यह है कि आप जितने ज़्यादा प्रशंसा या नफ़रत के पात्र बनते हैं, सूक्ष्मदर्शी के नीचे जितने ज़्यादा परखे जाते हैं, आपका असली वजूद और लोग आपके बारे में जैसी छवि गढ़ते हैं, उनके बीच की दूरी उतनी ही बढ़ती जाती है।

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 distance seems to open up between who you really are and the portrayals that people impose on you.

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 distance seems to open up between who you really are and the portrayals that people impose on you.

साफ़ तौर पर मैंने एक बात तय कर ली है कि जब बात राजनीतिक सुधार की आती है, तो ब्रिटिश राजनीति में हमारे पास दो-दो कंज़रवेटिव पार्टियां हैं। लेबर और कंज़रवेटिव दोनों ही पार्टियों ने हमारी खस्ताहाल व्यवस्था में सुधार करने, उसे साफ-सुथरा बनाने और आधुनिक रूप देने के अपने वादों को बार-बार और लगातार तोड़ने का काम किया है।

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 Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.

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 Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.

कंज़रवेटिव पार्टी हाउस ऑफ़ लॉर्ड्स में सुधार के अपने वादे को पूरा नहीं कर रही है, और परिणामस्वरूप, हमारे बीच हुआ समझौता अब टूट गया है। ज़ाहिर है, मैं ऐसी स्थिति की इजाज़त नहीं दे सकता जहाँ कंज़रवेटिव बागी अपनी पसंद के समझौतों को चुनें, जबकि लिबरल डेमोक्रेट सांसद पूरे समझौते का पालन करने के लिए बाध्य हों।

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 permit a situation where Conservative rebels can pick and choose the parts of the contract they like, while Liberal Democrat MPs are bound to the entire agreement.

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 permit a situation where Conservative rebels can pick and choose the parts of the contract they like, while Liberal Democrat MPs are bound to the entire agreement.

मैं SNP (स्कॉटिश नेशनल पार्टी) के साथ किसी भी तरह के समझौते से पूरी तरह इनकार करता हूँ — ठीक वैसे ही जैसे मैं यूकिप (Ukip) के साथ किसी भी समझौते को खारिज करता हूँ — क्योंकि मेरा ऐसे किसी दल से मेल नहीं हो सकता जो मूल रूप से हमारे देश को तोड़ना चाहता हो और न ही ऐसे दल से जो हमें यूरोपीय संघ से बाहर निकालना चाहता हो। मैं कभी भी लिबरल डेमोक्रेट्स को ऐसी सरकार बनाने में मदद करने की सलाह नहीं दूंगा जो मूल रूप से वेंटिलेटर पर हो, जहाँ एलेक्स साल्मंड जब चाहें उसका प्लग खींच सकें।

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 with one party that basically wants to pull our country to bits and another party that wants us to pull out of the EU. I would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.

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 with one party that basically wants to pull our country to bits and another party that wants us to pull out of the EU. I would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.

राजनीति पूरी तरह से कबीलाई संस्कृति जैसा खेल है।

Politics is a highly tribal business.

Politics is a highly tribal business.

पॉलैंड, यूनाइटेड किंगडम, स्वीडन और ऐसे ही कई बेहद ताकतवर देश हैं जो यूरो क्षेत्र को खुद को सुधारते देखने की सच्ची इच्छा रखते हैं। आप यूरो क्षेत्र में हों या न हों, हम सबके हित में यही है कि ऐसा कुछ न हो जिससे इसका बिखराव हो।

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 itself out. It's good for all of us, whether you're in the euro zone or not, to make sure that it doesn't lead to a fracturing.

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 itself out. It's good for all of us, whether you're in the euro zone or not, to make sure that it doesn't lead to a fracturing.

मैं बहुत खुशनस्किब हूँ। मैं उन लोगों में से हूँ जो घर जाकर, दरवाज़ा बंद करके पूरी तरह बच्चों पर ध्यान केंद्रित कर सकते हैं।

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.

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.

क्या मैं हर सुबह उठकर खुद से यह पूछता हूँ कि क्या मैं उन चीज़ों के लिए काम कर रहा हूँ जिन पर मेरा विश्वास है और क्या मैं सबसे अच्छे इरादों के साथ ऐसा कर रहा हूँ? हाँ। बिल्कुल साफ तौर पर हाँ।

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.

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.

मेरा सिर चकरा जाता है। एक पल मुझसे कहा जाता है कि मैं बहुत आक्रामक हूँ, फिर लोग कहते हैं कि मैं बहुत गुस्से में रहता हूँ, फिर कहते हैं कि मैं कुछ ज़्यादा ही जज्बात दिखाता हूँ... पहले आप लोग खुद तय तो कर लीजिए कि आप चाहते क्या हैं।

My head spins. One moment I'm told I'm too edgy, then people say I'm too angry, then that I show too much passion... make your minds up.

My head spins. One moment I'm told I'm too edgy, then people say I'm too angry, then that I show too much passion... make your minds up.

मैं अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता का पक्का समर्थक हूँ। मैं ऐसी किसी भी बात का समर्थन नहीं करूंगा जो ब्रिटिश प्रेस की आक्रामक और बेबाक आज़ादी पर आंच डाले, लेकिन जब चीजें गलत होती हैं और साफ तौर पर गैर-कानूनी काम होता है, तो इसके लिए उचित जवाबदेही तय होनी चाहिए।

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, but when things go wrong and there has been outright illegality, there should be proper accountability.

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, but when things go wrong and there has been outright illegality, there should be proper accountability.

मैं हर सुबह अपने ऊपर युद्ध का कवच नहीं पहनना चाहता। मैंने कुछ राजनेताओं को ऐसा करते देखा है और वे थोड़े कुंठित और कड़वे स्वभाव के हो जाते हैं। मैं बस ऐसा करने से साफ इनकार करता हूँ। मैं गुस्सा होने, कड़वाहट पालने या शिकायत करने से इंकार करता हूँ, और मैं सबके प्रति खुला रवैया रखता हूँ। हो सकता है कि मैं कभी-कभी कुछ ज़्यादा ही खुला रहता हूँ, लेकिन मैं इसमें ज़रा सा भी बदलाव नहीं करने वाला हूँ।

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. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I'm not going to change that one bit.

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. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I'm not going to change that one bit.

मतदाता बैलट बॉक्स के ज़रिए राजनेताओं को बता देते हैं कि वे क्या चाहते हैं। यह अटकलें लगाकर कि पार्टियों को एक-दूसरे के खिलाफ एकजुट होना चाहिए या नहीं, उनकी मंशा का लगातार अंदाज़ा लगाते रहना मुद्दे से भटकना है।

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

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

लिबरल पार्टी में शामिल होना मेरे लिए कोई मुश्किल फैसला नहीं था... और जब आप युवा होते हैं, तो आप यह हिसाब लगाने के लिए कैलकुलेटर लेकर नहीं बैठते कि 'क्या मैं सत्ता में पहुँच पाऊँगा?' आप तो बस आदर्शवाद की भावना से आगे बढ़ते हैं।

Joining the Liberal Party was a no-brainer for me... And when you are a young man, you don't get a calculator out saying, 'Am I going to get to power?' You get propelled forward by idealism.

Joining the Liberal Party was a no-brainer for me... And when you are a young man, you don't get a calculator out saying, 'Am I going to get to power?' You get propelled forward by idealism.

मैं इन मुद्दों पर प्रधानमंत्री के साथ पूरी तालमेल और मिलकर काम करता हूँ, और जिस तरह हम यूरो क्षेत्र का समर्थन करते हैं ताकि वे अपनी समस्याओं को सुलझा सकें, वैसे ही बदले में वे ऐसे सुरक्षा उपाय लागू करते हैं जिससे वही सुनिश्चित हो जो मैंने कहा था: कि सिंगल मार्केट का बिखराव न हो और वित्तीय सेवा उद्योग जैसे महत्वपूर्ण उद्योगों के साथ निष्पक्ष व्यवहार किया जाए। कोई विशेष ट्रीटमेंट नहीं, बल्कि यूरोप के भीतर बस एक समान अवसर के दायरे में उनके साथ पूरी निष्पक्षता से व्यवहार किया जाए।

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 out, in return they introduce safeguards to ensure precisely what I said: that the single market is not fragmented and that important industries like the financial services industry are treated fairly. Not exceptional treatment, but are just simply treated fairly, on a level playing field within Europe.

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 out, in return they introduce safeguards to ensure precisely what I said: that the single market is not fragmented and that important industries like the financial services industry are treated fairly. Not exceptional treatment, but are just simply treated fairly, on a level playing field within Europe.

मैं लिबरल डेमोक्रेट्स को इलेक्टोरल रिफॉर्म सोसाइटी का एक बड़ा रूप बनाने के लिए नेता नहीं बना था। हमारे लिए राजनीति का अंत यही नहीं है। राजनीति में अन्य बहुत से बेहद अहम लक्ष्य हैं, और सामाजिक गतिशीलता तथा जीवन के अवसरों जैसे मुद्दों की तो मैं उससे भी कहीं ज़्यादा परवाह करता हूँ।

I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more.

I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more.

मैं कोई बहुत पारंपरिक या रूढ़िवादी जीवन नहीं जीता हूँ। मेरे लिए मुख्य पैमाना यह है कि जब तक दूसरे लोगों का काम किसी को नुकसान या ठेस न पहुँचाए, तब तक मैं उनके बारे में कोई पूर्वाग्रह न रखूँ।

I don't lead a particularly Bohemian existence. The main criterion for me is not to be judgemental of other people so long as what they do is not harmful or offensive to others.

I don't lead a particularly Bohemian existence. The main criterion for me is not to be judgemental of other people so long as what they do is not harmful or offensive to others.

अगर आप गहराई से देखें और यह पूछें कि वास्तव में मुझे क्या चीज़ प्रेरित करती है, तो वह है स्वतंत्रता और अवसर को बढ़ावा देने वाला उदारवाद। सामाजिक गतिशीलता को बढ़ावा देना उसी की एक मुख्य कुंजी है।

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 social mobility is one of the keys to that.

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 social mobility is one of the keys to that.

उदारवाद एक बहुत पुरानी ब्रिटिश परंपरा है और व्यक्ति के प्रति तथा व्यक्ति और राज्य के बीच के संबंध को लेकर इसका नज़रिया लेबर पार्टी (और खास तौर पर ओल्ड लेबर) के सामूहिकतावादी रुख से बिल्कुल अलग है।

Liberalism is a really old British tradition and it has a completely different attitude towards the individual and the relationship between the individual and the state than the collectivist response of Labour, and particularly Old Labour, does.

Liberalism is a really old British tradition and it has a completely different attitude towards the individual and the relationship between the individual and the state than the collectivist response of Labour, and particularly Old Labour, does.

[सभी सरकारें] एक ऐसे चक्कर में फंस जाती हैं जहाँ हर संभावित रूप से अच्छी कहानी एक बुरी कहानी में बदल जाती है।

[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one.

[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one.

मेरी सहज प्रवृत्ति कुछ ऐसी है, जो मुझे लगता है कि लोगों की इस गहरी चाहत से पूरी तरह मेल खाती है कि वे कुछ अलग देखना चाहते हैं। मैंने बचपन से राजनीति में रहने का कोई सपना नहीं देखा था। मैं छात्र राजनीति में शामिल नहीं था, कम से कम उस पक्षपातपूर्ण तरीके से तो बिल्कुल नहीं।

I have got instincts that, I think, are very much in tune with people's very keen sense to see something different. I did not dream of being in politics since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. I was not involved in student politics, or not in that partisan way.

I have got instincts that, I think, are very much in tune with people's very keen sense to see something different. I did not dream of being in politics since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. I was not involved in student politics, or not in that partisan way.

एक युवा पिता के रूप में प्राथमिक विद्यालय में जाते बच्चों को देखते हुए मैं यह बात कह रहा हूँ: मुझे नहीं लगता कि हमें प्राथमिक स्कूल के उन शुरुआती सालों के किसी बच्चे के व्यक्तित्व निर्माण पर पड़ने वाले असर को कम करके आंकना चाहिए।

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 first years in primary school.

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 first years in primary school.

वह विकास जो टिकता है, हमारे बच्चों के भविष्य को खतरे में नहीं डालता। वह यह मानता है कि हमारी धरती एक ऐसा उपहार है जिसे सहेजा जाना चाहिए। कल की ज़िम्मेदारी आज जितनी ही हमारी भी है।

Growth that lasts does not threaten our children's future. It recognises that our planet is a gift that must be cherished. That tomorrow is our responsibility as much as today.

Growth that lasts does not threaten our children's future. It recognises that our planet is a gift that must be cherished. That tomorrow is our responsibility as much as today.

यूरोप के मामले में लिबरल डेमोक्रेट पार्टी और कंज़रवेटिव पार्टी का नज़रिया बिल्कुल अलग है। जहाँ तक राजनीतिक सुधारों की बात है, कंज़रवेटिव्स की तुलना में सामाजिक न्याय और निष्पक्षता की हमारी लिबरल डेमोक्रेट्स की परंपरा कहीं अधिक समृद्ध है।

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 have a much greater tradition in the Liberal Democrats of social justice and fairness than the Conservatives do.

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 have a much greater tradition in the Liberal Democrats of social justice and fairness than the Conservatives do.

देश के ज़्यादातर लोगों को लगता होगा कि डायमंड जुबली हम सभी के लिए एक समुदाय और एक राष्ट्र के रूप में मिलकर जश्न मनाने का एक शानदार मौका है। लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि देश के ज़्यादातर लोग यह भी सोचते होंगे कि चूँकि पैसे की बहुत तंगी है, इसलिए दुर्लभ सार्वजनिक संसाधनों के इस्तेमाल के मामले में यह शायद उनकी प्राथमिकताओं की सूची में सबसे ऊपर नहीं होगा।

Most people in the country would think the diamond jubilee is a wonderful occasion for us to celebrate together as a community and as a nation. But I suspect that most people in the country would think, given that there is very little money around, that this probably would not be the top of their list of priorities for the use of scarce public resources.

Most people in the country would think the diamond jubilee is a wonderful occasion for us to celebrate together as a community and as a nation. But I suspect that most people in the country would think, given that there is very little money around, that this probably would not be the top of their list of priorities for the use of scarce public resources.

اگر یورو زون نے اپنے مستقبل کا کوئی جامع خاکہ پیش نہیں کیا، تو یورپی یونین میں قوم پرستانہ، غیر ملکیوں سے نفرت پر مبنی اور انتہا پسندانہ تحریکیں پورے خطے میں پھیل جائیں گی۔ اور سچ پوچھیں تو، یورپی یونین کی رکنیت پر برطانوی بحث تو سیاسی قوم پرستی کے اس طوفان کے سامنے محض ایک معمولی سی بات ہوگی۔

If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme movements increasing across the European Union. And, frankly, questions about the British debate on EU membership will just be a small sideshow compared to the rise of political populism.

If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme movements increasing across the European Union. And, frankly, questions about the British debate on EU membership will just be a small sideshow compared to the rise of political populism.

میں نے بہت جلد یہ بات سیکھ لی ہے کہ اگر آپ ہر صبح یہ سوچ کر اٹھیں گے کہ اخبارات میں آپ کے بارے میں کیا چھپا ہے، تو آپ کا دماغ یقیناً چکرا جائے گا اور آپ پاگل ہو جائیں گے۔

One thing I've very quickly learned is that if you wake up every morning worrying about what's in the press, you would go completely and utterly potty.

One thing I've very quickly learned is that if you wake up every morning worrying about what's in the press, you would go completely and utterly potty.

میرے والد کے خاندان میں بہت سے فنکار اور موسیقار تھے۔ سلاوی کلچر میں ایک جذباتی اور کافی حد تک رومانی رنگ پایا جاتا ہے۔ یہ بہت کھلا ہوا کلچر ہے، جو فن، موسیقی اور ادب سے محبت کرتا ہے۔ یہ بہت پرخلوص ہے، کبھی بہت پرجوش تو کبھی اداس۔ میں اس ثقافت کی تعریف کرتا ہوں۔

My dad's side of the family had lots of artists and musicians. There's an emotional, quite sentimental quality to Slavic culture. It's very open, it loves art, it loves music, it loves literature. It's very warm, it's very up, it's very down. I would celebrate that.

My dad's side of the family had lots of artists and musicians. There's an emotional, quite sentimental quality to Slavic culture. It's very open, it loves art, it loves music, it loves literature. It's very warm, it's very up, it's very down. I would celebrate that.

ہمیں ایسے لبرل ووٹرز تک پہنچنے کی ضرورت ہے جو زندگی کے بارے میں جدید سوچ رکھتے ہیں، جو ایسی سیاسی جماعت چاہتے ہیں جو معیشت کے معاملے میں سخت اور عملی ہو—لیبر پارٹی کے مقابلے میں معیشت پر زیادہ اعتبار رکھتی ہو—لیکن کنزرویوٹرز سے زیادہ سماجی طور پر ترقی پسند اور انصاف پسند ہو۔

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.

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.

میں بہت زیادہ ٹی وی نہیں دیکھتا۔ میں مطالعہ بہت کرتا ہوں۔ آج کل میں جوناتھن فرانزن کی ایک بہت موٹی کتاب 'ف্রিڈم' پڑھ رہا ہوں، اور مجھے یہ بہت پسند آ رہی ہے۔

I don't watch a huge amount of telly. I read a lot. I'm reading at the moment 'Freedom,' by Jonathan Franzen, a great big brick of a book, and I'm loving it.

I don't watch a huge amount of telly. I read a lot. I'm reading at the moment 'Freedom,' by Jonathan Franzen, a great big brick of a book, and I'm loving it.

میں مالیاتی کٹوتیوں اور بکسے کسنے کے اس نئے سلسلے کو ہرگز قبول نہیں کروں گا، جب تک کہ میں سب سے اوپر بیٹھے لوگوں سے یہ نہ کہوں کہ وہ بھی اپنا حصہ ڈالیں، کچھ مزید حصہ ڈالیں۔ میرے خیال میں آپ ان متوسط اور کم آمدنی والے لوگوں سے یہ امید نہیں رکھ سکتے جو آخرکار برطانوی آبادی کی اکثریت ہیں، کہ وہ اس معاشی بوجھ کا سارا بوجھ اکیلے اٹھائیں۔

I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make an additional contribution. I don't think you can ask people on middle and low incomes, who, after all, are the vast majority of the British population, to bear the brunt of this adjustment.

I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make an additional contribution. I don't think you can ask people on middle and low incomes, who, after all, are the vast majority of the British population, to bear the brunt of this adjustment.

اگر حکومت میں نہ رہنے کے ساٹھ یا ستر سال بعد حکومت میں آنے والے لبرل ڈیموکریٹس کے رہنما کے طور پر میں کسی ایک بات پر معافی نہیں مانگوں گا، تو وہ یہ ہے کہ آپ دنیا جیسی ہے، اس کا سامنا کیے بغیر رہ ہی نہیں سکتے۔

If there's one thing I'm not going to apologise for as the leader of the Liberal Democrats in government after 60 or 70 years of being out of government, it's that you just cannot avoid but deal with the world the way it is.

If there's one thing I'm not going to apologise for as the leader of the Liberal Democrats in government after 60 or 70 years of being out of government, it's that you just cannot avoid but deal with the world the way it is.

اگرچہ میں ایک کم عمر رہنما ہوں، لیکن سیاست میں میرا داخلہ نسبتاً دیر سے ہوا۔ میرا نکتۂ نظر مختلف ہے، جس کی ایک وجہ میرا خاندان ہے اور دوسری وجہ وہ کام ہے جو میں نے دس سال تک کیا: تجارتی معاہدوں پر مذاکرات کرنا، اور وسطی ایشیا میں فلاحی منصوبوں پر کام کرنا۔

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.

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.

ایک باپ کی حیثیت سے میں کافی سخت مزاج ہوں لیکن میں ہر بات پر قدغن لگانے والا نہیں بننا چاہتا۔

I am quite strict as a dad but I don't want to be censorious.

I am quite strict as a dad but I don't want to be censorious.

مجھے دل سے یقین ہے کہ ہم آج کے دن کو برطانیہ میں برابری کی تاریخ کا ایک اہم سنگ میل کے طور پر یاد رکھیں گے... اس سے کوئی فرق نہیں پڑتا کہ آپ کون ہیں اور آپ کس سے محبت کرتے ہیں، ہم سب برابر ہیں۔ شادی محبت اور عہد کا نام ہے، اور اب اسے محض اس بنیاد پر کسی سے محروم نہیں رکھا جانا چاہیے کہ وہ غے روایتی (ہم جنس پرست) محبت کرنے والے ہیں۔

I genuinely believe that we will look back on today as a landmark for equality in Britain ... No matter who you are and who you love, we are all equal. Marriage is about love and commitment, and it should no longer be denied to people just because they are gay.

I genuinely believe that we will look back on today as a landmark for equality in Britain ... No matter who you are and who you love, we are all equal. Marriage is about love and commitment, and it should no longer be denied to people just because they are gay.

معاشی ترقی کو ہر فرد کے لیے معنی خیز بنانے کا ایک بہترین طریقہ یہ ہے کہ ملازمین کو ان کے ادارے میں حصہ دار بنایا جائے، انہیں بہتر کارکردگی کے لیے ایک حقیقی ترغیب دی جائے، اگر آپ چاہیں تو اسے ایک طرح کی 'جان لیوئس اکانومی' کہہ سکتے ہیں... ہم جانتے ہیں کہ وہ کمپنیاں جہاں ملازمین جڑے ہوئے ہیں اور جن میں ان کا حصہ ہے، اچھے وقتوں میں دوسری کمپنیوں جتنی ہی بہتر کارکردگی دکھاتی ہیں اور حالیہ مشکل وقتوں میں تو انہوں نے اور بھی شاندار کارکردگی کا مظاہرہ کیا ہے۔ وہ بہت تیزی سے پھیل رہی ہیں، لوگوں کو رکھ رہی ہیں اور بہتر پیداوار حاصل کر رہی ہیں... تو پھر وہ ہمارے کاروباری میدان کا صرف 2 فیصد حصہ کیوں بناتی ہیں؟

One of the best ways to make growth personal is to give employees a share in their firm, a real incentive to go the extra mile, more of a 'John Lewis Economy' if you like...We know that firms where employees are engaged and own a stake do at least as well as other companies in the good times and have performed even better in recent bad times. Expanding and recruiting at a much faster rate and achieving better productivity...So, why do they make up just 2% of our business landscape?

One of the best ways to make growth personal is to give employees a share in their firm, a real incentive to go the extra mile, more of a 'John Lewis Economy' if you like...We know that firms where employees are engaged and own a stake do at least as well as other companies in the good times and have performed even better in recent bad times. Expanding and recruiting at a much faster rate and achieving better productivity...So, why do they make up just 2% of our business landscape?

میں یہ دعویٰ بھی نہیں کرتا کہ ہم لبرل ڈیموکریٹس کی طرح کوئی ایسی بلند و بالا اور پاکباز مورچہ سنبھال سکتے ہیں جس میں ہمارے ہاتھ مکمل طور پر صاف اور خالی ہوں۔ جی نہیں، ہم عملی میدان میں اتر کر اپنے ہاتھ گندے کر رہے ہیں، اور ناگزیر طور پر اور بالکل فطری طور پر ہم پر یہ الزام لگایا جا رہا ہے کہ ہم بھی دوسرے سیاست دانوں جیسے ہی ہیں۔

I don't even pretend we can occupy the Lib Dem holier-than-thou, hands-entirely-clean-and-entirely-empty-type stance. No, we are getting our hands dirty, and inevitably and totally understandably we are being accused of being just like any other politicians.

I don't even pretend we can occupy the Lib Dem holier-than-thou, hands-entirely-clean-and-entirely-empty-type stance. No, we are getting our hands dirty, and inevitably and totally understandably we are being accused of being just like any other politicians.

میں ابھی ایک ہفتے کے لیے باہر گیا تھا، اور بچوں کے ساتھ کھیلتے ہوئے میرا بلیک بیری سمندر میں گر گیا، اس لیے کوئی مجھ تک نہیں پہنچ سکا۔ یہ بڑی ہی پرسکون صورتحال تھی۔ میں دل سے اس کا مشورہ دیتا ہوں۔

I've just been away for a week, and I dropped my BlackBerry in the sea while I was messing around with the kids, so no one can reach me. Blissful. I heartily recommend it.

I've just been away for a week, and I dropped my BlackBerry in the sea while I was messing around with the kids, so no one can reach me. Blissful. I heartily recommend it.

شیفیلڈ اور لندن میں ہمارے گھروں کی قیمت بیس لاکھ پاؤنڈ سے زیادہ ہے لیکن ان کا زیادہ تر حصہ بینک کا ہے—ہم نے گلے تک قرضہ لے رکھا ہے۔

Our Sheffield and London homes are worth well over a million but the bank owns most of them - we are mortgaged up to the gills.

Our Sheffield and London homes are worth well over a million but the bank owns most of them - we are mortgaged up to the gills.

سیاست میں جو ایک بڑی تبدیلی آئی ہے وہ اس وجہ سے ہے کہ خاندانوں اور عام لوگوں نے خود کو غیر محفوظ محسوس کیا ہے... وہ معیشت سے خوفزدہ ہیں، اپنی نوکریوں کے بارے میں پریشان ہیں، اپنے بچوں کے مستقبل کے بارے میں فکر مند ہیں... دراصل سیاسی اور میڈیا کی بحث اور لوگوں کے روزمرہ کے مسائل کے درمیان جو خلیج ہے وہ کم ہونے کے بجائے مزید گہری ہو گئی ہے۔

One of the big changes in politics has been because families, individuals, have felt worried, insecure... worried about the economy, worried about their jobs, worried about their kids' futures... actually the disconnect between the public and media discourse and people's everyday concerns has become bigger not smaller.

One of the big changes in politics has been because families, individuals, have felt worried, insecure... worried about the economy, worried about their jobs, worried about their kids' futures... actually the disconnect between the public and media discourse and people's everyday concerns has become bigger not smaller.

یورپی نواز تحریک کو سب سے بڑا نقصان اس تاثر کو جگہ دینے سے پہنچے گا کہ جیسے ہمارے پاس چھپانے کے لیے کچھ ہے، یا ہمارے پاس اتنی جرأت نہیں کہ ہم اپنی بات عوام کے سامنے پراعتماد طریقے سے رکھ سکیں۔

Nothing will do more damage to the pro-European movement than giving room to the suspicion that we have something to hide, that we do not have the “cojones” to carry our argument to the people.

Nothing will do more damage to the pro-European movement than giving room to the suspicion that we have something to hide, that we do not have the “cojones” to carry our argument to the people.

ہم اس بات پر زور دینا چاہتے ہیں کہ ایک مضبوط یورو زون ایک مضبوط برطانیہ کے لیے بھی فائدہ مند ہے۔ یہ ہمارا کام نہیں ہے کہ ہم یورو زون کو درکار تبدیلیوں کا کوئی لائحہ عمل تیار کریں۔

We are keen to stress that a strong euro zone is good for a strong United Kingdom. It's not for us to write the changes that the euro zone needs to embark on.

We are keen to stress that a strong euro zone is good for a strong United Kingdom. It's not for us to write the changes that the euro zone needs to embark on.

ٹونی بلیر اور گورڈن براؤن نے 1997 میں جان میجر کے مقرر کردہ اخراجاتی دائرہ کار کو ہی اپنایا تھا۔ کسی نے یہ نہیں کہا کہ ٹونی بلیر اور جان میجر ایک ہی جیسے تھے۔ یہ اکثر ہوتا ہے کہ تمام تر شور شرابے کے باوجود سیاسی جماعتیں اس بنیادی ضرورت پر متفق ہوتی ہیں کہ ملک کو اپنی چادر دیکھ کر پاؤں پھیلانے چاہئیں۔

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown committed to John Major's spending envelopes in 1997. No-one said that Tony Blair and John Major were identical. This happens quite often that parties actually, despite all the sound and fury, agree on the overall need to make sure that we live within our means as a country.

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown committed to John Major's spending envelopes in 1997. No-one said that Tony Blair and John Major were identical. This happens quite often that parties actually, despite all the sound and fury, agree on the overall need to make sure that we live within our means as a country.

یورو زون میں جن تبدیلیوں کی ضرورت ہے، ان میں سے زیادہ تر کو معاہدوں میں تبدیلی کیے بغیر انجام دیا جا سکتا ہے۔ معاہدے میں تبدیلی کا مطالبہ جتنا قانونی ہے اتنا ہی سیاسی بھی ہے، اور مجھے نہیں لگتا کہ یہ جلد ہونے والا ہے۔

Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon.

Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon.

سمجھدار سیاست دان پارٹی لائنوں سے بالاتر ہو کر ایک دوسرے سے بات کرتے ہیں۔ پچھلے کچھ ہفتوں میں میری ایڈ ملی بینڈ، ڈیوڈ ملی بینڈ، ٹونی بلیر، اور پیٹر مینڈلسن کے ساتھ طویل گفتگو ہوئی ہے... جس میں ہم نے یورپ اور سیاسی اصلاحات پر بات کی ہے۔

Grown-up politicians talk to each other across party lines. Over the last few weeks I have had lengthy conversations with Ed Miliband, David Miliband, with Tony Blair, with Peter Mandelson... talking about Europe, talking about political reform.

Grown-up politicians talk to each other across party lines. Over the last few weeks I have had lengthy conversations with Ed Miliband, David Miliband, with Tony Blair, with Peter Mandelson... talking about Europe, talking about political reform.

ہمارے ہاں ایک ایسا سیاسی اور میڈیا کا اشرافیہ موجود ہے جس کے پاس سیاست کو بیان کرنے کے لیے خاص الفاظ ہیں۔ یہ طریقہ کار انتہائی درجے پر منقسم ہے۔ اس میں دائیں، بائیں، سرخ، نیلے، اوپر، نیچے، فتح یافتہ اور کچل دیے جانے والے کے علاوہ کچھ نہیں۔

You have a political and media elite who have an idiom by which they describe politics. It's highly, highly polarised. It's right, left, red, blue, up, down, victorious, crushed.

You have a political and media elite who have an idiom by which they describe politics. It's highly, highly polarised. It's right, left, red, blue, up, down, victorious, crushed.

جب بھی [क्रिस ब्रायंट] کوئی سوال پوچھتے ہیں تو میں اس بات پر مزید حیران رہ جاتا ہوں کہ آخر کوئی ان کا فون ہیک کرکے ان کے پیغامات کیوں سننا چاہے گا

Every time [Chris Bryant] asks a question I become more and more baffled why anyone would want to hack his phone and listen to his messages

Every time [Chris Bryant] asks a question I become more and more baffled why anyone would want to hack his phone and listen to his messages

بی اسکائی بی (BSkyB) کی بولی کے معاملے پر روپرٹ مرڈوک اس وقت لندن میں معاملات کو سلجھانے کی کوشش کر رہے ہیں۔ میں صرف ان سے یہ کہوں گا کہ ذرا دیکھیں کہ لوگ اس بارے میں کیسا محسوس کر رہے ہیں۔ دیکھیں کہ اس انکشاف پر پورا ملک کتنی شدید نفرت کا اظہار کر رہا ہے۔ اس لیے کوئی شریفانہ اور سمجھداری والا قدم اٹھائیں اور بی اسکائی بی کی بولی کے بارے میں اپنے فیصلے پر نظرثانی کریں۔

On the BSkyB bid, Rupert Murdoch is now in town in London seeking to sort things out. I would simply say to him, look how people feel about this. Look how the country has reacted with revulsion to the revelations. So do the decent and sensible thing and reconsider, think again, about your bid for BSkyB.

On the BSkyB bid, Rupert Murdoch is now in town in London seeking to sort things out. I would simply say to him, look how people feel about this. Look how the country has reacted with revulsion to the revelations. So do the decent and sensible thing and reconsider, think again, about your bid for BSkyB.

میرے خیال میں یہ ایک سادہ سا اصول ہے کہ جمہوریت میں آپ کو اپنے اراکینِ پارلیمنٹ کو اس بات کا پابند بنانا چاہیے کہ وہ آپ کے ووٹ کے لیے زیادہ محنت کریں اور اپنے علاقے میں کم از کم اکثریت کی حمایت حاصل کرنے کی کوشش کریں، اور مختصراً یہی اے وی (AV) سسٹم کرتا ہے۔

I think it is a simple statement of principle that in a democracy you should make your MPs work harder for your vote and try and get at least majority support in their local area, and that in a nutshell is what AV does.

I think it is a simple statement of principle that in a democracy you should make your MPs work harder for your vote and try and get at least majority support in their local area, and that in a nutshell is what AV does.

میں یہ امید کرتا ہوں کہ آج سے پانچ سال بعد، میں انتخابات میں برطانوی عوام کے سامنے یہ کہہ سکوں گا کہ: آپ میں سے بہت سوں کو اس بات پر شک تھا کہ مخلوط حکومتیں کام کر سکتی ہیں یا نہیں، لیکن اس نے کام کر کے دکھایا ہے۔

What I hope is in five years' time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that coalition politics worked, but it has worked.

What I hope is in five years' time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that coalition politics worked, but it has worked.

لیبر پارٹی لبرل ڈیموکریٹس کے تئیں اجتماعی غصے اور تعصب کا شکار ہو چکی ہے۔ یہ ان کے انتہائی ناپسندیدہ اور متکبرانہ رویے کو ظاہر کرتا ہے۔

The Labour Party has become consumed by collective bile towards... the Liberal Democrats. That portrays a rather nasty arrogance.

The Labour Party has become consumed by collective bile towards... the Liberal Democrats. That portrays a rather nasty arrogance.

کسی بھی حکومت کو، خواہ وہ کسی بھی اتحاد سے بنی ہو، مشکل فیصلے کرنے کے لیے اپنی جماعت کی صفوں سے باہر نکل کر بھی لوگوں کی حمایت حاصل کرنی پڑती ہے۔

Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does.

Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does.

مالیاتی امور کے سلسلے میں جارج اوسبورن جو کچھ کر رہے ہیں اس کا منفی نقشہ پیش کرنا بالکل بے وقوفی ہے۔ اگر آپ کچھ تبصرے پڑھیں، خاص طور پر بائیں بازو کے حلقوں سے آنے والے، تو آپ کو لگے گا کہ وہ وقت کو اٹھارہ سو تیس کی دہائی میں واپس لے جا رہے ہیں۔

The caricature of what George Osborne is doing on the fiscal side is absurd. If you read some of the commentary, particularly from the left, you would think he was turning the clock back to the 1930s.

The caricature of what George Osborne is doing on the fiscal side is absurd. If you read some of the commentary, particularly from the left, you would think he was turning the clock back to the 1930s.

معاشی نائن الیون کے بعد, ہم ایک نئے عالمی نظام کا سامنا کریں گے۔

After the economic 9/11, we will face a new world order.

After the economic 9/11, we will face a new world order.