Jo Swinson elected new Lib Dem leader

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Jo Swinson has been elected the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, winning a vote among party members to take over following Vince Cable’s two-year tenure, with the party newly resurgent in the polls.

Swinson won 47,997 votes against 28,021 for Ed Davey on a turnout of 72%, it was announced at a party event in central London.

[link:https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/22/jo-swinson-elected-new-lib-dem-leader|

A little glimmer of hope....

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1. Congratulations to Jo!!!!

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I'm surprised she won by so much as I didn't think there was much in it between her and Ed Davey.

Time to get on with the hard work of electing excellent pro-remain candidates, forging alliances with other pro-remain groups, recruiting disaffected Tories and Labour folk and getting the basics right.

As an example of the sort of thing the Liberal Democrats need to do to progress, the below tweet is from my local ex-Labour, ex-Change UK MP. We need Jo and the rest of the parliamentary party to get people like Angela Smith on board. Won't be easy though.

Link to tweet