Nick Clegg has urged voters to give the Liberal Democrats another chance, after admitting his party have been tainted by government.
At the Liberal Democrat conference, the Deputy Prime Minister acknowledged that he was "no longer the "untainted... fresh-faced outsider", vowing to learn from the "mistake" of his infamous U-turn on university tuition fees.
As the conference season comes to an end, Nick Clegg had to prove he had some fight left in him after his U-turn on policies such as tuition fees.
In what some billed as his "best speech yet", the Lib Dem leader blasted the Tories saying the country does not want a party running it which "only looks after its own kind".
He further pledged to introduce national waiting times for those with mental health issues.
But tomorrow's by-election vote in Clacton, which could see the first Ukip MP getting into parliament, could change the political dynamic all over again.
ITV News Political Editor Tom Bradby has this report:
You might have thought that the Lib Dems don't get too cross about anything - but the personal tax threshold has really got them going.
With the support of the party leadership, the Lib Dems may be set to drop their opposition to a new runway at Gatwick airport.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has unveiled plans for a string of garden cities along a new railway link from Cambridge.