LI President welcomes election of new British Liberal Democrat Leader
London, 18 december 2007
Lord Alderdice, President of Liberal International, the world-wide federation of some 100 liberal political parties, has welcomed the election Nick Clegg as the new Leader of Britain's Liberal Democrats.
"Nick Clegg has already shown himself to be a real asset for liberalism, not just in Britain, but internationally, and I welcome his election and extend heartiest congratulations to him on behalf of the world-wide family of liberals.
Nick describes himself as 'a liberal by instinct and by up-bringing' and has vowed to make Britain 'the liberal country I believe the British people want it to be.' He has also talked of being 'ambitious' for British Liberalism. These are deeply welcome sentiments which I share and applaud. I know too that his ambition for liberalism is one that he sees not just in the context of Britain but of the wider world, and we look forward to working with him to implement that vision."
