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48Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has pledged to fight the next General Election on a platform taking Britain back into Europe.

Since Britain voted for Brexit on Thursday thousands of people have joined the Liberal Democrats and all Suffolk Lib Dem groups are seeing a share of this surge. Remain-leaning Woodbridge is no exception.

In the run up to the Referendum the Lib Dems’ quiet voice of reason was often  overlooked by a media wanting the thrill of a car-crash interview. Why listen to reason when you could have grandstanding,  exaggeration and outright lies instead?

The economic uncertainty following the Brexit vote  will affect jobs, people’s homes and livelihoods. It may derail all sorts of plans, essential to the economic wellbeing of our area. While accepting the result of the referendum, the Liberal Democrats intend  to make the case for us to rejoin the heart of Europe.

“For many millions of people, this was not just a vote about Europe. It was a howl of anger at politicians and institutions who they felt they were out of touch and had let them down,”  Tim Farron  says.

“The British people deserve the chance not to be stuck with the appalling consequences of a Leave campaign that stoked that anger with the lies of Farage, Johnson and Gove.

“The Liberal Democrats will fight the next election on a clear promise to restore British prosperity and role in the world, with the UK in the European Union, not out.

“If you agree with us, JOIN US and help to make this happen.”

And I agree with Tim! You can join here

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New leader for the LibDems: Tim Farron

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TIm Farron's call to the people of Britain - "You are liberal? Join us!)
TIm Farron’s call to the people of Britain – “You are liberal? Join us!)

“We are not the party of vested interests. We are a party that sees the best in people, not the worst; we’re the party that believes the role of government is to help us be the best we can be – no matter who we are or what is our background. That is it. That. Is. It!”

After a cleanly-fought battle between two  excellent candidates and 27 hustings across the country, the Liberal Democrats have an inspirational new leader in Tim Farron, who declares himself “fed up of self-satisfied politicians, ambitious for themselves and unambitious for their country.”

Tim Farron
Tim Farron

Tim has had a working life outside politics AND is the first major party leader in 18 years to have been a councillor before becoming an MP (he’s  represented constituents as Borough, District and County Councillor over 15 years), and sees Westminster  as “only one brick in the governance of this country”. No Westminster bubble for him!

Tim concedes ‘we have no automatic right to bounce back’ but  pledges a fightback that will start immediately – “ward by ward, seat by seat, council by council”, valuing fully the grassroots, and the local membership. Already, the Lib Dems have increased our membership by a third since  May. Tim expects it to reach 100,000.

Significantly, on the same day Tim was elected, the LibDems celebrated THREE by-election wins, gaining over 50% of the vote in each case – retainingKingston Upon Thames, while  winning Llay (Wrexam) from Labour, and Battle Town (Rother) from the Conservatives.

And considering the threat to the Human Rights Act, to social housing, to grants for poor students etc etc etc – all the issues that have popped out of the woodwork in the two months since the Conservatives were elected -Tim is the ideal person to focus the liberal beliefs  that so many people in this country hold!

I was on BBC Radio Suffolk on the morning of the 17th to express what I felt about Tim’s election. They quoted me : I am so, so proud he is leading us!