Liberal Democratic Party: Farron: Why would any sane progressive give Labour a second glance?

“As part of the Coalition Government, Liberal Democrats have started fixing Labour’s economic mess, taking millions of people out of Income Tax and reforming British politics. Things Labour had 13 years to do but failed to deliver."

Commenting on Ed Miliband’s ‘offer’ to Liberal Democrats to contribute to Labour’s policy review, Liberal Democrat President-elect Tim Farron said:

“As part of the Coalition Government, Liberal Democrats have started fixing Labour’s economic mess, taking millions of people out of Income Tax and reforming British politics.  Things Labour had 13 years to do but failed to deliver.

“The Liberal Democrats have also announced more cash for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the biggest moves to improve social mobility in decades.

“Continuing that work is something far more attractive to Liberal Democrats than helping Ed Miliband’s increasingly desperate attempts to work out what he actually stands for.

“However, if he is serious about co-operation then the first thing he should do is stop the Labour Party’s attempts to block the referendum on electoral reform that he claims to support.”