Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

I have no limits to my ambition for the Liberal Democrats.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

With parenting, like any other skill in life, practice makes perfect.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

My experience in government is there is a whole host of unintended consequences you have to think through. I can't un-know that, I find it harder now to offer simple solutions.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

Far from the quick and easy exit that Leave campaigners once promised, Brexit has become mired in its own internal contradictions.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

When I was a little girl, about eight, I remember going into the Body Shop - that was my first introduction to campaigning. There would always be a petition at the till about fair-trade or stop testing on animals, and the message was: get involved and make change.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

In Westminster, I make sure I maximise my ability to represent my constituents. I can do that in a variety of ways: by asking written questions or questions in the House of Commons, through the scrutiny of bills and by sitting on the environmental audit select committee every week, as well as other committees.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

One of the initiatives I have pursued in Parliament has been to make it easier for the public to see what their MPs do in the House of Commons by removing the ban on Parliamentary filming appearing on YouTube or similar web sites.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

If your aim is to give practical, sensible advice about losing weight - and not how to drop a stone in five days - you should encourage reasonable expectations, instead of dangerous ones, along with exercise and healthy eating.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

Publishing parental pay benefits will let employers show that they're family-friendly and enable them to better attract talent, potentially spurring on some very healthy competition.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

We need to achieve a change in the media and in the way women are pressured to conform to a narrow image of beauty - it's a lofty ambition but it's important to make a start.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

A girl born in Drumchapel in Glasgow has just as much right to good health and the opportunities provided by a good education as a Surrey stockbroker's son.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

London is a liberal city, in all senses of the word. It is a city built on the idea that the multitude of cultures that inhabit it are a benefit, not a curse, where communities from all over the globe live and work side by side, enriching each other's experiences.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

Two weeks into looking after a newborn, you don't necessarily feel as if you've got it all under control. It's just turned your life absolutely upside down, and I think there are a lot of parents who would feel that having the opportunity for both parents to be around in those early weeks would be something that would be really, really valuable.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

There is, I think, far too much guilt generally in society around parenthood, about whether or not you breastfeed or whether or not you bottle feed. We know the evidence is very strong in favour of breastfeeding and the benefits of that, but it shouldn't mean we make people feel bad if they can't do that for some reason.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

I want to lead the Liberal Democrats so that we can build a liberal movement to stand up to those nationalist forces and stop Brexit, then transform our broken economy so that it is focused on the long-term and works for both people and our planet, tackling poverty and averting climate crisis.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

Shared parental leave is good for dads. Looking after their newborn on their own is a unique learning experience.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

I joined the Lib Dem party at the Freshers' Fair at the London School of Economics.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

I know as an aunt, you fall into the trap of turning to your niece and saying, 'you look beautiful' - because of course all children do look beautiful - but if the message they get is that is what's important and that is what gets praise, then that's not necessarily the most positive message you want them to hear.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

I knock on lots of doors, but you don't reach everyone that way - Twitter is just one of many ways of keeping in touch.

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson

Over the course of history, the answer to nationalism has been liberalism, and I believe it can be the answer again.