Hello and welcome to Women with Balls, where today I am joined by Joe Swinson,

deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats. But for how long?

Swinson is currently competing against Ed Davy to replace Vince Cable as the party's next leader.

When Swin first entered Parliament in 2005, she made history as the first

ever MP to be born in the 1980s and the then baby of the house. During the coalition,

Swinson served as a business minister. She lost her seat, however, in the 2015 general election,

along with many of her Lib Dem colleagues. But she swiftly made a

return in the 2017 snap election. Since then, it hasn't all been plain sailing. Last year, three

weeks after giving birth, since it was dragged into a pairing row while on maternity leave, after the

Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis breached a non-voting

arrangement with Swinson to vote with the government on a knife-edge Brexit vote.

On Brexit, with the Lib Dems now pitching themselves of the voice of Remain, complete with the slogan

bollocks to Brexit, Swinson's party has of late enjoyed a resurgence in the polls.

Her ambitions now go further than just being a leader of her own party.

She recently declared,

I'd love to be Prime Minister.

Politics is more volatile than ever, so who knows?

Thank you very much for joining me today, Joe.

How is life on the campaign trail?

Busy, enjoyable. It's been

really positive to get out and about and speak with so many lived down members up and down the

country. And our party is in really good spirits because we've had great election success in

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