Luciana Berger
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Luciana Berger is a former Member of Parliament known for her advocacy on anti-Semitism and cross-party collaboration. This interview reveals her commitment to constructive dialogue and her efforts to create a more inclusive political environment.
“What is our responsibility? Our responsibility is to the country to do everything possible to rule out a no deal Brexit because the uncertainty of the prospect of that still so close to the wire is just in my view absolutely reprehensible because we know that it's costing at this moment in time already before exit DA jobs.”
“The very prospect of leaving a party that you've been a part of, in my case, I mean not as long as some of my colleagues, but for almost 20 years, it's been part and parcel of who you are, your daily working life for me for the past nine years, but in part before that.”
“So, in terms of when an election might be Wait and see in terms of what the future holds. I think I always anticipated that I would be standing at the next election. But politics isn't a job for life and I want to be able to do it in order to make a difference.”
“Particularly at this moment, we haven't even touched on the B word, but at the time where Brexit is the greatest issue facing our country, and we have a responsibility to do everything possible, and we've had so many people ask me about it, my responsibility is to my constituents' livelihoods and their jobs and being able to feed their fa…”
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