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The dividing line of British politics is Brexit and the Liberal Democrats aspire to be the 48% party. The new leader, Jo Swinson, has even printed a turn towards what some call the "extreme" antiBrexit. They no longer claim a second referendum, but the simple revocation of Article 50 in Parliament . And the turn will be confirmed in the next three days, at the annual conference in Bournemouth, where the yellow party aspires to confirm its resurrection.

There are those who fear that the swell propitiated by Jo Swinson, which the witness of his mentor Vince Cable picked up, may end up taking its toll. Well, if Boris Johnson gets his way and the United Kingdom leaves the EU on October 31, liberal Democrats may end up being "the party of the lost cause . "

But the fierce 38-year-old Scottish, who was once the youngest deputy in Parliament and set a precedent by taking her son of a few months to the seat, has decided to load the cannons with an unequivocal message: "The 'no' al Brexit is a great opportunity for the Liberal Democratic Party every day of the week. "

Its eight deputies have become 17 thanks to the leaks of Labor and Conservatives. The number of militants has reached the record of 120,000, something that did not happen even in the times of the 'Cleggmanía', when the party "hinge" exceeded the ceiling of 20%, before falling into the coalition trap with the Party Conservative of David Cameron and end up paying for the broken dishes.

In the last poll of YouGov, the Liberal Democrats reach 19% in intention to vote, compared to 23% of the Labor Party of Jeremy Corbyn and 31% of the Conservative Party. Despite the alliance sealed with Corbyn in the law that vetoes the extreme Brexit, Jo Swinson has decided to uncheck clearly and in time for the best possible scenario: a three-month extension is the exit of the EU and early elections in November.

Johnson and Corbyn attacks

"The United Kingdom deserves better than Boris Johnson, and we all know that Jeremy Corbyn is a 'brexitero' who wants to leave us inside," warns Swinson. "Johnson does not think of the people, but of himself and how to strengthen his power. Corbyn has not been able to eradicate the anti-Semitism of his party and has failed to articulate a credible policy before the EU leaves. Neither of them is qualified to be prime minister. "

As important as drawing a clear line before Brexit, he says, is the defense of "liberal values" against "populism and authoritarianism" (on the one hand) and against "socialism and stateism" (on the other). From the Bournemouth conference will come the manifesto with which the Liberal Democratic Party aspires to take advantage of the wind in favor, from the bell of the second place in the European elections (after the Nigel Farage Brexit Party) that put them back on the map .

"Our problem is now the new flow of militants and deputies to our party," says Jo Swinson. "But it is a good 'problem' that we have to learn to manage."

The arrival of renowned Labor members such as Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger and Angela Smith has put the old militants on guard. The landing of Sarah Wollaston and Phillip Lee, from the Conservative Party, have caused their more and less for their dubious "liberal" credentials (Lee voted against gay marriages and was in favor of imposing the AIDS and hepatitis test B to immigrants).

The Bournemouth conclave will in any case be the litmus test for the new woman in red from British politics, Jo Swinson, and to gauge whether it is really the time of the Liberal Democrats as the "permanence party" against indecision of the Labor and the commitment of conservatives for the 'hard' Brexit.

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