I’m perhaps not the most tribal of politicians. Working in a mature and adult way where you recognise what your shared goal is and you manage to work towards that… that is not something which I think would be particularly more difficult with Labour than it is with the Conservatives. Jo Swinson Read Quote
I think our stance on Brexit has perhaps been one of the most powerful things in helping people to recognise the values of the Liberal Democrats. Jo Swinson Read Quote
Far from the quick and easy exit that Leave campaigners once promised, Brexit has become mired in its own internal contradictions. Jo Swinson Read Quote
If you’re going for an interview, you will dress smartly and look the part, that is absolutely fine, but it’s just the level to which this becomes the ultimate focus of everything, where you have people who won’t go to school unless they’ve put their make-up on, or won’t leave the house unless they’ve spent two hours getting ready. Jo Swinson Read Quote
We have a massive shortage of engineers and one of the big glaring holes is that we have so few women doing engineering – it’s less than 10 per cent of the workforce. Jo Swinson Read Quote
It’s very hard for politicians to ignore even just a handful of letters about the same issue. Jo Swinson Read Quote
I rage when Boris Johnson is more interested in sucking up to Donald Trump than standing up for British values of decency, equality and respect. Jo Swinson Read Quote
Equalities issues are a key part of the Liberal Democrats and under my leadership we would push for them at every opportunity – whether in government or not. Jo Swinson Read Quote
To take on the forces of nationalism and populism, we need to rally a liberal movement that offers a positive, alternative vision for the kind of country we want to be. Jo Swinson Read Quote
So much of what young people perceive about their body image is taken from watching their parents… I think we need to look at ways we can help parents pass on more positive messages to their children, and perhaps some of that can be done through health visitors, for example. Jo Swinson Read Quote
