Here are some more new members who responded to our request on Twitter to tell us why they are one of the 10,000 people who have joined the Liberal Democrats in the past few days.

Here’s what Thomas Liebers told us:

I was already politically minded but the Lib Dems best represent my  views on equality and rights,healthcare, business, relationship with
the EU and constiutional challenges in present day UK;
I’m a professional with experience in healthcare, science and business and I believe that i can contribute my skills and knowledge to the Lib Dems policy discussions;
I want to take an active part in local politics where I live (Richmond, Surrey) and there is an active local Lib Dem party presence;
I’m serving in a voluntary capacity in the community already which gives me a degree of credibility;
I want to take part in the leadership elections for the new Leader of the Lib Dems;
and…
I want to take my part in shaping policy and politis for the entire United Kingdom!

Luke Tibbitts lives in Nick’s constituency. In a long post on his own blog (which, by the way, we hope he and others registers on Lib Dem Blogs, he explains why he was motivated to join up. Here’s a snippet:

A huge amount of what encouraged me to click that button on 27th April lays squarely with Nick Clegg. I’d listened to his campaign, and felt for him as he was forced into defending the selfless acts of his party. Yet, his honesty, dignity and somewhat natural demeanour encouraged me that I had in fact made the right choice in 2010 and would do so to back him again this year.

I made the choice to join the Liberal Democrats before the election. Thousands of others have decided to join since. I am confident that the humbling and emphatic impact of the election results has played a significant role in the generation of new members – many comments on social media highlighting a common belief among that fledgling membership that Liberalism needs its voice in Great Britain more so now than ever before.

I am equally confident that Nick Clegg’s resignation speech resonated with many in our society. The quote below, I think, highlights just how much has probably been taken for granted by many across the last five years. It’s core message echoing the very moral fibre at the heart of the Liberal Democrat constitution – fairness, freedom, openness, equality and community.

“If our losses are part-payment for every family that is more secure because of a job we helped create, every person with depression who is treated with the compassion they deserve, every child who does a little better in school, every apprentice with a long and rewarding career to look forward to, every gay couple who know their love is worth no less than everyone else’s, and every pensioner with a little more freedom and dignity in retirement, then I hope our losses can be endured with a little selfless dignity.”

I’m in. You could be too.