Quotes on politics and the position of the Liberal Democrats within it

"[Liberal Democrats] carry the torch of progress now."



"That is why I now say to anyone who supported Labour in 1997 because they wanted fairness; they wanted to support, not demonise, young people; they wanted political reform, they wanted the environment protected; or because they simply believed in a better future - turn to the Liberal Democrats."



"The Lib Dems are now the dominant political party of urban Britain, running the majority of big cities outside London"



It is evident from this popular article (that featured recently in The Times) that slowly labour supporters are turning away from what used to be, Britains knight in shining armour to the more realistic life of which the Liberal Democrats are leading the country.

This article first appeared in The Times - 10, June 2009