The Liberal Democrats have many strengths as a party.

But right now we failing in one key area – diversity. We have too few women, too few people without a university education – and far too few BAME members in our party.

This is not the kind of party we want to be.

This month has been the most successful yet frustrating one we’ve had for our Brexit campaign.

At the end of May we won a series of victories against the government in the House of Lords.

We defeated the government on the EU Withdrawal Bill a staggering 15 times – thanks to the thousands of supporters who wrote to Peers we identified who would consider supporting us on this. 

To make matters worse Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party is still cowering behind the sofa rather than being a real opposition. 

If there was ever a time for the people to stand up and demand to be listened to it is now – and they are.

We were so close.

Lib Dem MP Wera Hobhouse has been fighting to make ‘upskirting’ (taking photographs up a woman’s skirt without their consent) a specific criminal offence.

Elections weren’t just being held for Parliament last night – there were also two Council by-elections, a delayed election in Southwark (with three seats up for grabs!) and a by-election in Doncaster.

In London Bridge & West Bermondsey, we pulled off a stunning win – winning all three seats that were up for grabs.