The Conservative Party has spent the whole time since the European elections absorbed in its own internal psychodrama.
The Conservative Party has spent the whole time since the European elections absorbed in its own internal psychodrama.
And once again the future of the country has played second fiddle to the future of the Conservative Party.
The Conservative Party membership has been given the power to decide our next Prime Minister and the future of our country. This means they are simultaneously the most powerful people in our politics today, despite being the least representative of the country.
On the whole, they are old, white and male – and economically so comfortable that they will never face the economic pain that they inflict on the majority of young and working people in our country.
But once the internal battle in the Conservative party is over, the same hard realities which shackled Theresa May will hit the new Prime Minister too.
And we will have fourteen weeks from July 25th, when he takes office, to October 31st, to save this country from No Deal, to secure a People’s Vote and to Stop Brexit.
The next Prime Minister will be hit by the same hard realities which shackled Theresa May
Time and again in the past two years, when those prospects have seemed bleak, it is the People’s Vote campaign which has lifted the chances and lifted our spirits.
When one million people turned out on the streets before the last Exit Day, we turned the tide.
And this May we elected hundreds of Liberal Democrat councillors and sixteen Liberal Democrat MEPs and gained our highest share in a national election.
We elected hundreds of Liberal Democrat councillors and sixteen Liberal Democrat MEPs and gained our highest share in a national election
At the European elections here in Cheltenham, the Liberal Democrat team led by Max Wilkinson decisively beat the Brexit Party.
All around the country, Remain beat Leave.
And all at elections people said would never happen.
These campaigns can change the course of our country’s future. And it is the duty of all of us to keep up the fight.
We making a difference. These campaigns can change the course of our country’s future. And it is the duty of all of us to keep up the fight.
In Parliament, I am confident we will stop No Deal.
At that point, there will be no choice but to seek a fresh mandate from the people and then will come our chance to battle again for Remain and for our place in the EU.
And I and the Liberal Democrats will be in the heart of that battle.