She does. She was the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position. "In the weeks ahead we will elect a new leader and our party will continue to be the rallying point for anyone who believes in a country where everyone has the chance to get on in life.
"Earlier in the night, the Liberal Democrats’ House of Lords leader, Lord Newby, insisted that the He told Sky News: “Our vote share will have gone up, the number of seats will have gone up. Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has lost her seat to the SNP. Swinson … She has a clearly identifiable West Central middle class Scottish accent. This led to political debate and comment about whether or not it was In the area of employment, she was supportive of both Swinson was keen to promote employee ownership, such as By 2014, it was being reported that Swinson was tipped to replace Swinson was featured in the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 editions of the 'London's 1000 most influential people' list by the As of October 2017, she was her party's Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.At the Liberal Democrat autumn conference of 2017, Swinson drew media attention for using the phrase "Faragey, Trumpy, angry, arsey, shouty slogans" in criticising populism. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles.
We will stand up for hope.”She promised to make a further announcement about her future later on Friday.Ms Swinson was one of a number of high-profile Liberal Democrats who failed to win their seats, including former Tory In a statement released early on Friday morning, the party said "I want to thank Jo Swinson for her honest and fearless leadership of the Liberal Democrats," Baroness Brinton said. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Personal Life. We will continue to update information on Jo Swinson’s parents. Our view at the moment is that the position in Scotland for us is rather better than the poll suggests.“Like everybody, we want a lot more votes and a lot more seats. Jo Swinson’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and her father’s name is under review. In 2010, after the Liberal Democrats entered into a At the age of 21, Swinson stood unsuccessfully in the Swinson has also called for a "wellbeing index" to be introduced, to be compared against She is an active campaigner against excessive packaging of In December 2010, she was one of 27 Liberal Democrat MPs who voted in favour of allowing universities to raise tuition fees up to £9,000 per year.In September 2012, Swinson was appointed Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs in a reshuffle by then Prime Minister Swinson initially focused efforts on scrapping the 1871 Pedlars Act, which prevents Swinson opposed forcing companies to adopt gender quotas, stating that such a move would "negatively affect" the performance of businesses.In October 2013, controversy emerged after MPs in the House of Commons allowed Swinson, then pregnant, to stand for 20 minutes without offering her a seat. Instead, the first question she asked was whether her mum and sister were okay. When it became clear to Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson that she had lost her seat at last month’s general election, she didn’t cry. Jo Swinson wants to return to Parliament as a Baroness if Boris Johnson announces a Dissolution Honours list, allowing the Lib Dems a certain number of peerages, Sir Ed Davey said. Jo Swinson vs biological truth ... a frosty exchange on the Today programme yesterday that really revealed just how extraordinary the Lib Dem view on gender has become.
Joanne Kate Swinson CBE (born 5 February 1980) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 22 July to 13 December 2019. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium.
We’re going to get some more votes and some more seats, at a time when the other party that’s been arguing on a Remain platform has completely collapsed. In the same speech she called for the In July 2018, Swinson was absent for key votes on the Brexit negotiations, having been on maternity leave following the birth of her second son.
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