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I've been told to wear low-cut tops while campaigning, says Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson

Jo Swinson has said she has been told to wear low-cut tops during the general election campaign.

The Liberal Democrat leader, who said the comments were “unsolicited” and not from her own campaign team, said she would be “true to myself”.

The MP for East Dunbartonshire also said she has been told to speak differently, during an interview on BBC Breakfast on Monday.

She said: “I get lots and lots of unsolicited advice. I’m not short of people telling me that I should speak differently or wear different shoes or wear different earrings.

Liberal Democrats Party leader Jo Swinson, reacts during her visit to Manor Grange Care Home for the elderly while on the General Election campaign trail, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Dec. 5, 2019. Britain's Brexit is one of the main issues for political parties and for voters, as the UK goes to the polls in a General Election on Dec. 12. (David Cheskin/PA via AP)
Jo Swinson on the campaign trail in Edinburgh last week. (David Cheskin/PA via AP)

“Or in one case, somebody suggested that I should wear lower-cut tops.

“I mean, as if that’s going to be the thing that changes the poll rating. I’m not short of unsolicited advice.”

Asked if the “advice” was coming from her own election team, she said: “Not in my election team, but as I say, I do get these gems of advice that come to me.

“I am who I am and some people will not like the way that I dress or talk or my accent or whatever.

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“And fine. In a sense, that’s their problem. I’m going to stand here, do the best that I can arguing for the positions that I believe in because I do believe our politics can be better.

“And I’m going to be true to myself in the way I do it.”

Meanwhile, the latest election poll by Survation has put Ms Swinson’s party in third with 11%, compared with Labour on 31% and the Conservatives on 45%.

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