Dear John ,
This evening, I had the
pleasure of welcoming Sam Gyimah onto stage at Lib Dem conference, as
our eighteenth member of Parliament.
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moment]
Sam Gyimah is a fantastic Remain campaigner. He was
one of the 21 Conservative MPs that had the whip removed for helping
us to stop no deal.
He is a man of principle, and I’m
so glad he’s joined the Liberal Democrats this evening.
Sam joins Chuka Umunna, Sarah Wollaston, Jane Dodds, Phillip
Lee, Luciana Berger and Angela Smith in joining us in recent weeks.
And it’s not just MPs.
We’ve been seeing the biggest
and most sustained membership surge in our party’s history in recent
months. We’ve had 40,000 new members join us, 20,000 more register as
supporters, and we’re surging in the polls.
There is
something special happening in the Liberal Democrats.
Labour and the Conservatives are led by ineffective leaders
and have been taken over by the extreme wings of their parties.
It is clear that people are rallying around the Liberal
Democrats as the strongest party to stop Brexit, fix our broken
politics and build a fairer society.
With best wishes,
Jo
Jo Swinson Leader of the Liberal Democrats
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