Ambitious for our country; Ambitious for our party – Vince Cable

I want to lead the Liberal Democrats because I am ambitious about our future.

I believe we are the only party that can represent the millions of liberal-minded people alarmed by the direction this country is taking: people, whether they voted remain or leave, who hate the intolerance, xenophobia and division that the Brexit vote unleashed.

I want the Liberal Democrats to be at the centre of political life: a credible, effective party of national and local government, and a voice of sanity on Europe.

To achieve this, we will have to fight for every vote and every seat.

It can be done: we have a record membership and the enormous energy that thousands of new members have brought to the party.

I believe I have the ability to give that energy a lead, to hit the headlines and to put our party at the centre of political debate.

Vince

Vince Cable

Leader of the Liberal Democrats

Britain needs the Liberal Democrats.

There is much to be patriotic about in Britain today.

Strong and Cable. It is a more tolerant and inclusive place than when my late wife and I started an inter-racial family a generation ago. It has great resources of creativity and business talent, of learning and research. There is a real generosity of spirit and sense of community.

But there is also much that is wrong.

There is a disfiguring inequality of wealth and opportunity. Last decade’s financial crisis has left a long-term legacy of economic damage and depressed living standards which fuel much of today’s political anger and frustration.

Liberal values have not gone away, and many voters across the political spectrum are looking for reasons to support us.

The crisis exposed Britain’s over-dependence on banking and property markets, its over-reliance on household debt rather than investment and competitiveness.

These issues were beginning to be addressed by the Coalition government, but Brexit – pursued by Theresa May with full support from Jeremy Corbyn – is now starting to inflict further economic damage.

There is a palpable sense, in parts of the country, that they have been left behind. Young people face a bleaker future than their parents.

Many people feel powerless, neglected and excluded – as the Grenfell tower disaster has cruelly exposed.

The Liberal Democrats can take Britain off this path.

Liberal values have not gone away, and many voters across the political spectrum are looking for reasons to support us.

Our path back into government is to show them that we understand what it takes to build a better Britain – and that we can fight for it.

Ambitious for our country: my agenda.

To build a better Britain we need to give people powers over the decisions which affect their lives, including Brexit.

We need to build an economy which is successful and gives everyone a stake and everyone a chance.

We need properly funded and effective public services, we need to hold out the hope of a better future for young people and we need to fix Britain’s broken politics, to give everyone an equal say.

That is my agenda.

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George Morley says:

July 24, 2017 at 2:44 am

The 550,000 Frozen Pensioners would like to see justice in their lifetime as this has been in place for longer than the Queen has been on the throne. My pension had not increased by one penny since retiring – Why? – because I live in Canada but my cousin in the USA gets the increased pension every year and another cousin , now in New Zealand is frozen like me which makes a nonsense of equality/
This is the same for many countries around the world but most pensioners are affected because they live mainly in Commonwealth countries.
“There is a disfiguring inequality of wealth and opportunity you say and that is true and many voters across the political spectrum are looking for reasons to support us.” – your words .
We had hoped to all have the vote back as promised but it did not materialize which might have made a significant difference to the election and maybe the referendum – who knows.
Please come back if you have any questions

Steve Beasant

Ambitious for our country; Ambitious for our party – Vince Cable

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