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Will LibDem Leader Jo Swinson ever become the Prime Minister of the UK?

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Introduction
The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as the Lib Dems) are a political party in the United Kingdom with representation in England, Wales and Scotland. The party was formed in 1988 from a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance for the previous seven years.

From their first general election in 1992 until the election of 2015, the Liberal Democrats were the third party in the House of Commons winning between 46 and 62 MPs. At the 2010 general election, under the leadership of Nick Clegg who had been elected leader in 2007, the Liberal Democrats won 57 seats, again making them the third-largest party in the House of Commons behind the Conservatives with 307 and Labour with 258. However, with no party having an overall majority, the Liberal Democrats agreed to join a coalition government with the Conservative Party with Clegg becoming Deputy Prime Minister and other Liberal Democrats taking up ministerial positions.

At the 2015 general election, the party was reduced to only eight MPs, being replaced as third party by the Scottish National Party which had 56 MPs elected. Nick Clegg resigned as leader and Tim Farron won the subsequent leadership election.

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they are still being the party of Europe so where they do go from here?

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"EU citizens must have right to stay in Britain" - Lib Dems
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Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron (above^) has today demanded that EU nationals residing in the UK are given complete assurances that they will have the right to stay in the UK indefinitely.

The Prime Minister has said that whilst negotiations are ongoing the status of EU nationals in the UK will not change, something repeated by the Home Secretary in her leadership launch yesterday

But the future status of these people is not clear beyond any renegotiation period, leading to uncertainty.

The Liberal Democrats are clear that those EU nationals who are currently resident in the UK should be allowed to live here indefinitely.

The party is has committed to standing in the next election on the platform of securing Britain’s place in the EU.

The Liberal Democrats are also clear that if Brexit were to happen that any model that did not secure membership of the single market would severely damage Britain’s economy and would be entirely inadequate.

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said:

“There is real, and legitimate, upset and worry from European citizens across our country about their long-term status in the UK. Liberal Democrats will not stand by whilst our communities are divided by uncertainty. Regardless of the outcome of any negotiations with Europe around Brexit, EU citizens who have made Britain their home must be allowed to stay.

“To Europeans whose lives are now rooted in the UK my message is simple – the Liberal Democrats stand with you, and will speak for you. To the French family raising their children in Manchester, to the Polish mother working to pay her mortgage in Portsmouth, to the German graduate starting his business venture in Birmingham - the Liberal Democrats value you, we will stand by you and we will champion your future here in Britain.

“There are plenty of decent people who voted for Leave, who do not want to see Europeans who live in the UK in our communities forced to uproot their lives. There must be a cast iron guarantee that their futures can be in the UK, the country they now call home.

“We are the party who recognises that British people are compassionate and open-hearted. I have always been proud that Paddy Ashdown and the Liberal Democrats took the brave stance on the issue of Hong Kong passports – we will do the same today."

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Tim Farron has quit as leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Yawn.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40281300

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Re: Liberal Democrats

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Poll added to thread. Please feel free to vote.

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Complains about political bias, then happily strongarms their own biases onto the forum ..... :roll: :roll:

Get over yourself.

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Defiance wrote:Complains about political bias, then happily strongarms their own biases onto the forum ..... :roll: :roll:

Get over yourself.
Come on now, you've got to remember that for some precious snowflakes bias is anything that they don't agree with. ;)

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Pseudo wrote:
Defiance wrote:Complains about political bias, then happily strongarms their own biases onto the forum ..... :roll: :roll:

Get over yourself.
Come on now, you've got to remember that for some precious snowflakes bias is anything that they don't agree with. ;)
If there ever were a more sensitive bunch than the Left, then it's the Right.

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Re: Liberal Democrats

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Wasn't wrong about the thread poll. :mrgreen:

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