Jo Swinson loses her seat on horrendous night for Lib Dems

Manchester Guardian ^ | December 12, 2019 | Simon Murphy and Libby Brooks

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The Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, has been toppled in her own seat, throwing her future at the head of the party into serious doubt after a dismal showing at the polls generally.

Swinson, who started the campaign claiming she could be the next prime minister, lost in her East Dunbartonshire constituency to the SNP, a result that capped a disastrous night for her party.

Though Lib Dem numbers in the Commons swelled before the election to 21, aided by MPs crossing the floor, the Ipsos Mori exit poll predicted the party winning 13 seats – only one more than in 2017.

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Leaders and cabinet members losing their seats is always interesting in Britain etc. The Liberal Democrats were the most strongly anti-brexit party. The SNP did do really well in Scotland.

[conservativepoet]

Now that is funny!

[Paladin2]

Nazi Pelousy needs to be paying attention.

[BeauBo]

Keep your hands and feet away from its mouth! Safety First.

[KC_Lion]

Delicious!

[Cronos]

The public have given a clear, unequivocal statement that they approve of bojos plan and that it should be implemented immediately

[Cowboy Bob]

Swinson, who started the campaign claiming she could be the next prime minister

She could have been a contender...

[hiho hiho]

She could have been a contender...

And now can become a bartender...

[datura]

There is NOTHING of mine that I would ever put in that!!!

[SpaceBar]

Everything unfeminine in a liberal woman, in one convenient package.

Her mouth looks like something you don’t want to fly into in Star Trek.

[Luke21]

I put on British TV tonight and it was nothing but liberals being interviewed. This one was on TV thanking everyone but the doctor that delivered her.

[Impy]

Actually, I’d say the SNP is most ant-brexit party. They want to leave the UK to stay in the EU (though they wanted to leave before brexit too).

Tories held 6 seats in Scotland, down from 13. Labour ONE, LD 4, actually gained a different seat.

[mewzilla]

The Scots claim they want independence while they tug their forelocks to Brussels...

They don’t make Scots like they used to.

[simpson96]

[Army Air Corps]

Well, the Scottish National Party isn’t what many think it is. That party has a rather dark history, and they are to the left of Nancy Pelosi.

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Sturgeon's reaction upon learning that Swinson lost her seat.