Tim Farron Election 2017

Over here. OK. That's great. How are you, very nice to see you? OK. First

of all, thank you so much to everybody who has turned to

celebrate the opportunity to turn Lewes Liberal Democrat again. The

election on the 8th of June is the opportunity to turn our towns and

beverages back to the Liberal Democrat we had for 20 years before

with Norman Baker. We want to see a change for Britain, we want to

oppose a hard Brexit. We want to stand up for the rights of EU

nationals, most importantly we want to stay in the single market. With

this fantastic turnout with the town slowly but surely turning Lib Dem

again, we can do it and take the seat back and keep it in Liberal

Democrat hands forever. CHEERING

Thank you very much, Kelly Marie. It is a massive pleasure to be back at

Lewes, supporting the campaign. We Lewes, supporting the campaign. We

have a majority of just over 1000 to overturn. We know progressives who

want to make sure we do not have a hard Brexit Conservative MP, who

along with the Conservative Party in this country takes the town and

country for granted. Only a vote for Kelly Marie Blondel and the Lib Dems

will do that. Theresa May, in cold and Campillo -- calculating way,

spied the weakest opposition in living memory and thought it was a

chance to a colossal majority. Theresa May is banking on a

landslide on the 8th of June, she is banking on turning Lewes and every

part of the country for granted. -- taking Lewes and every part of the

country for granted. We have seen the discussions in media over the

last few weeks or so -- last few days or so of Theresa May

Jean-Claude Junker's discussions, he said, she said. That is the shape of

things to come, we will not know what is going on, a deal will be

stitched by bureaucrats and Eurocrats, between our politicians

and bears, it will be stitched up over the next 18 months and imposed

on the people of Lewes, imposed on the people of Britain, they will

have no say unless you vote Liberal Democrat. We believe that the people

should have the final say, not the politicians. We also seek coming out

of the leaks and the discussions around the dinner conversation

between Theresa May and Junker the sense that Theresa May is utterly

and totally complacent, first of all budgie has won the election. What

business does you have talking to European leaders, telling them she

has already won the general election? The British people will,

rightly, be utterly offended by that arrogance. Also complacent about the

consequences of leaving the EU without any kind of deal. Did she

not know what leaving the EU without any kind of deal means in terms of

the rising prices in shops, petrol forecourts and Rome incomes. Around

our countries, families of ?500 a year worse off as a consequence of

the hard Brexit that the Conservative Government has chosen,

that is before we have even left. I do not believe Theresa May is

ignorant to those consequences, I do not believe that Theresa May does

not know that leading be without a deal will hit every family in that

pocket, as people in this part of the world know when they struggle to

manage the price of train tickets. I don't think she does not know, I

think she does not occur. The more votes the Tories get, and the more

seats, the warm up -- the more Theresa May the Conservatives will

take you for granted. This coronation that we are trying to

turn into a contest, I am afraid it is a coronation because we have the

worst opposition in living memory. Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party

are obsessed with fighting the next Labour leadership contest, in

fighting instead of fighting for Britain. There is a vacancy for an

opposition, we here to claim that. To say to the British people, there

is a better future possible, the Liberal Democrats can win, and with

your support we will. Thank you. CHEERING

Should I stay where I am? Good morning, how are you? It is lovely.

(INAUDIBLE) . We will see what we can organise.

Are you going into London? London as well today, yes. Cool. One of the

things that would help is if the Greens did not stand. You stood

aside for them in Brighton but they selected candidate here, would you

prefer if they did not stand? In most elections, more parties stand

and it is making a choice. Given the majority was 1000 votes last time,

everybody green Labour inclined, everybody thinks that backing a very

hardline Brexit Conservative and wants to stop them being re-elected,

they know what to do with their votes. The Liberal Democrats, with

Kelly Marie Blondel, have a real opportunity of winning. That means

people know how to cast their vote. You are not but first? I am a big

fan of Caroline Lucas am pleased that the local party in Brighton

chose to support... In a democracy people are in title to stand a

candidate. The only through which Theresa May is the Nowell is the

Liberal Democrat flanks. The Greens will not gain seats, the SNP can

only physically gain one unless there is aggressive foreign policy

from Nicola Sturgeon we are yet to hear of, the Labour Party will

clearly lose seats. So Theresa May has that in the bag unless the Lib

Dem front is as strong as we believe it can an Lewes, Eastbourne, other

areas where we believe the Lib Dems can make gains to make sure there is

a strong opposition. One thing the Lib Dems do not want is the collapse

of Ukip, they got 10% of the votes last time, if that transfers to the

Conservatives it makes your job so much more difficult? A la job is to

present a clear case, what we have done over the last two weeks and

throughout the last year is to present a positive, clear view of a

different direction Britain could go in. Leaving the single market was

not on the ballot paper last June. Many people who voted Leave,

including many people here in Lewes, will wonder why the Prime Minister

is choosing to do something not mandated in the referendum which

will make us all more poor. The average family is ?500 a year worse

off already because of the assumption we are leaving the single

market, it will get much worse along the way. So whether they voted Ukip,

Conservative, Leave or remain, they know that if you want to stay in the

single market to protect you and your family's income and the

country's Security, the Liberal Democrats are the only party for

you. Would you like the negotiations to be held in public, essentially?

It is not great that the European Union seems to have leaked what was

meant to be private. All offer he said, she said stuff out of the

dinner is a reminder of what will come over the next few months and

years -- all of the he said, she said stuff. Our future as a country

will be stitched between our politicians and bears, a la

bureaucrats and bears. That is not democracy, the will of the people

will be utterly ignored unless the Lib Dems get our way and say the

British people should not -- should have the final say. People will talk

about opposition publicly. Juan plasma negotiating position has been

made clear in the sense that she says she wants to take us out of the

single market -- Theresa May's negotiation position has been made

clear. Many people will think that is shocking news for business, large

am particularly small, and bad news for families feeling the Brexit

squeeze. Thank you. That shop is closed, for example.

And this one? Betis the Fish bar. That opens at about 5pm. The owner

of the fish bar came to see me and said, I am being put out of business

by the fact that people cannot get to my fish bar in the evening

because they are having to run the gauntlet with all the kids hanging

around. He was very concerned. We did what we could. It is a

fundamental issue with the fact... We are being watched. There