Statement on the General Election result
Statement following the result in the Cities of London & Westminster
Statement following the result in the Cities of London & Westminster
A lot of Remain voters simply don’t trust Corbyn’s Labour on Brexit, which they believe he’d be rather happy to see happen.
At midnight this evening I will cease to be the Member of Parliament for Streatham, a role I have carried out since 6 May 2010, when the people of Streatham elected me to represent the community I was born into and grew up in. It has been a huge privilege to be able to work
Jo Swinson has a greater mandate than any Liberal Democrat leader to participate in televised debates
The Liberal Democrats have long pushed for a People’s Vote. But without the numbers in parliament, the only option left for Remainers is to support a general election before the government’s withdrawal bill can pass
It is a right wing, nationalist government's attempt to suppress dissent
Lyndon B Johnson famously said that the first rule of politics was being able to count. Senior Labour folk peddling the myth that we’re holding him back are clearly struggling to do so
Go back just four years and parliament was working well. But laws are no longer being passed, and Prime Minister's Questions has descended into a low-grade circus
Research shows that Labour is being taken over by alarming authoritarian impulses. Now it’s collapsing into bitter infighting, and progressive social democrats feel safer elsewhere
While Corbyn has refused to adopt a clear position on Brexit, Johnson has reconfigured the party to the populist right. There’s no place for moderates in either camp.
It has been an immense honour and privilege to serve the people of Streatham – where I grew up – since 2010. When I was first elected, I promised to return the trust of my constituents by working hard to protect their interests and to fight their corner in Parliament. With the help of my
I’m absolutely delighted and honoured to have been appointed by Jo Swinson as the Liberal Democrat’s new Shadow Foreign Secretary, scrutinising the work of Dominic Raab and the Foreign Office. In addition to my responsibilities as the Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary, I will also be leading on the Department for Trade and Department for