services and all of my fellow candidates
and congratulate Amy wholeheartedly it
is an amazing job I'm sure you will love
doing it and I wish you well and what
you said about young women and smashing
boundaries I wholeheartedly agree I
would also like to thank my agents
Liberal Democrat campaigners and
activists who have made this campaign
special with the additional challenge of
doing it as leader of the Liberal
Democrats too I particularly would like
to thank my mom my sister Nicola my
husband Duncan and our two darling boys
Andrew and Gabriel I'd like to thank the
people of Eastern Barton sure for
putting your faith in me for 12 and a
half years to represent this wonderful
place I have enjoyed serving our
communities I've enjoyed having the
opportunity to make a difference whether
it's here on local issues whether it's
supporting people working on the
national minimum wage by introducing
penalties for rogue employers whether
it's women in our economy by introducing
gender pay gap reporting tonight we have
seen that it is likely that Boris
Johnson is on course to get a majority
and it is clearly a good night for the
SNP some will be celebrating the wave of
nationalism that is sweeping on both
sides of the border and I do
congratulate all those who are newly
elected these are very significant
results for the future of our country
and I will be making further remarks
later today but let me say now for
millions of people in our country these
results will bring dread and dismay and
people are looking for hope
I still believe that we as a country can
be warm and generous inclusive and open
and that by working together with our
nearest neighbors we can achieve so much
more Liberal Democrats will continue to
stand up for these values that guide our
liberal movement openness fairness
inclusivity we will stand up for hope
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