Jo Swinson says she anticipates a general election "sooner rather than later". The Liberal Democrat leader was speaking after appearing on BBC's The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday morning. Sam Gyimah became the sixth MP to defect to the Lib Dems on Saturday evening and appeared on stage with Ms Swinson at the party's autumn conference in Bournemouth. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn