Lib Dems Leadership

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BJ needs to do this otherwise he wont have the numbers.

Anyone see LD marrying up with Labour for an alliance? Me neither.

Watch the split of the remain vote. Whilst Tories and the Brexit Party go forth.

Jo just doesnt have the charisma to rally the support to make them outright Remainers.

As a fellow Scot paddyanne can I just point out that not everything is an English conspiracy against Scotland and your sometimes hysterical insertion of anti English propaganda at every opportunity, whether relevant or not, gets tiresome. I am delighted Jo Swinson got the job and will now provide effective opposition to Brexit in the HoC.

and her throne!!!

Brilliant speech by Jo Swinson who will lead the fight against populism, nationalism and brexit.

Blimey

Oh honestly paddyann!!! Elizabeth 1st, Mary Stuart,!!!!!, Perhaps if M.S hadn't upset her Scottish subjects to the point where they forced her abdication in favour of her year old son, she wouldn't have run to England to continue her plotting to overthrow the Queen and thus kept her head and her life!!

I think she might not be there long if the threatened 'alliance' of disgruntled mps comes to fruition.

she is a total waste of space,voted for cuts to disability benefits ,for the bedroom tax in fact every awful tory policy in the past few years Swinson has said yes please .East Dunbartonshire friends of mine say she's never there ..only when theres a camera present and to top it all she WANTED a statue of Maggie Thatcher erected in Scotland.......the most hated woman in the history of Scotland apart from Elizabeth of England who chopped off Mary Stewarts head ..that says it all .

Very good speech from Jo Swinson and great to see two people in the same party not at one another's throats.

That certainly feels better than in fighting Varian

Definitely, way better than Johnson and Corbyn

Either of them gets my vote. Both of them are way better than the Labour and Conservative leadership.

The result of the LibDem leadership election is due to be announced this afternoon.

The signs are that it will be a close result but all the party members I've spoken to will be happy to support the new leader- whoever he or she is.

Me too Iam. I would find it hard to choose between them. The one thing I notice about the Lib Dems is that, with such a clear message on the EU, they can talk about the state of the nation.

I've liked Jo Swinson and Ed Davey when I've heard them interviewed recently.

Politics Live, Liberal Democrat Hustings: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0006xfg via @bbciplayer

Libdem leadership candidates Jo Swinson and Ed Davey were grilled by Jo Coburn and two political journalists on BBC2 tonight at 7pm.

Both were brilliant - head and shoulders above the dreadful Boris Johnson and the appalling Jeremy Corbyn.

Whoever they choose as leader they'd better be excellent! They're sure to win many more seats in a general election.

Swinson not Swindon. She is only one of two candidates. And yes, not good to say someone is a hypocrite and not explain why when it’s queried.

If you are interested in the contest for the leadership, watch this broadcast where the two candidates are grilled by Conservative supporting Iain Dale and members of the public on LBC.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5SJnwFPCwo

Even Farage looked very embarrassed !

Annie 'every time she speaks I want to say ‘calm down and take a deep breath'

just listened to Ann Widecombe's speech - wow, that squeaky, utterly hysterical voice, shouting agitatingly, and comparing us in the EU to slaves (I mean, how insulting, insensitive and cruel can that be to those from slave stocks ) ... Jo Swindon sound very very calm and composed, I'd say.

so do I- and no surprising she gets 'in a state' at times, as we find ourselves if a dire and impossible, dangerous, situation. Anger and passion is very apt imho.

Waiting for an explanation on the 'hypocrisy' comment, please.

I like her (irrelevant though my opinion is!)

Hypocrite - how, when?