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Jo Swinson Quotes

born 1980 Scotland

Joanne Kate 'Jo' Swinson CBE (born 5 February 1980) is a British former politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from July to December 2019. She was the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position, as well as the shortest-serving holder of the post.

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Instead of despairing at the world, let’s roll up our sleeves and change it.

The truth is you can't plan for no deal. Planning for no deal is like planning to burn your house down.

We will do all we can to fight for our place in Europe, and to stop Brexit altogether.

Planning for no deal, it's like saying you're going to plan for your house to burn down. You might get contents insurance, you're still going to lose all your stuff.

The Liberal Democrats would like to have a referendum on the major issue of whether we are in or out of Europe

Even my five-year-old knows that if you do something wrong you have to say sorry

We champion freedom - but Brexit will mean the next generation is less free to live, work and love across Europe

I first wrote to my MP when I was about 10. I always wanted to make a difference.

We're a party that wants to remain in the European Union because of the huge benefits that gives us

The first task is clear. We must stop Brexit. There is no Brexit that will be good for our country.

I will do whatever it takes to stop Brexit

I think it’s important that we challenge the idea that women who have babies are not fit for work and don’t have value. There is massive pregnancy discrimination, in parliament and right across society.

I'm proud to have been the first woman to have led the Liberal Democrats. I'm even more proud that I will not be the last. One of the realities of smashing glass ceilings is that a lot of broken glass comes down on your head.

Boris Johnson has finally got his hands on the keys to Number 10, but he has shown time and time again that he isn't fit to be the prime minister of our country. Whether it is throwing people under the bus or writing a lie on the side of one: Britain deserves better than Boris Johnson.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jo Swinson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.