15 Sep 2019
Jo Swinson Leader of the Liberal Democrats
This evening, I had the pleasure of welcoming Sam Gyimah onto stage at Lib Dem conference, as our eighteenth member of Parliament. Sam Gyimah is a fantastic Remain campaigner. He was one of the 21 Conservative MPs that had the whip removed for helping us to stop no deal. He is a man of principle, and I'm so glad he's joined the Liberal Democrats this evening. Sam joins Chuka Umunna, Sarah Wollaston, Jane Dodds, Phillip Lee, Luciana Berger and Angela Smith in joining us in recent weeks. And it's not just MPs. We've been seeing the biggest and most sustained membership surge in our party's history in recent months. We've had 40,000 new members join us, 20,000 more register as supporters, and we're surging in the polls. There is something special happening in the Liberal Democrats. Labour and the Conservatives are led by ineffective leaders and have been taken over by the extreme wings of their parties. It is clear that people are rallying around the Liberal Democrats as the strongest party to
JSLLD
14 Sep 2019
Liberal Democrat policy to revoke Article 50 is ‘natural stance’ for stopping Brexit, Guy Verhofstadt says
The European parliament's Brexit coordinator is attending the annual conference of Jo Swinson's party The European parliament's Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt has hailed the new Liberal Democrat policy to revoke Article 50 as the "natural stance" for any party committed to stopping Brexit.
AWPE
14 Sep 2019
Jo Swinson: ‘We are moving to an election. The question is whether it is in weeks or months’
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AC
14 Sep 2019
Liberal Democrat plan would give 800,000 young carers a free bus pass
EXCLUSIVE: Ed Davey, himself a former young carer, said it was time to 'right the wrongs' of system which doesn't support people who look after loved ones For two years the Mirror has been campaigning for Fair Care for All, calling for proper investment to tackle the crisis in our care system and support Britain's unpaid carers.
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