Revoke and remain: inside the Lib Dem party conference – podcast

With a new leader in Jo Swinson and the defection of six MPs to the party, Lib Dems are hoping for a resurgence. Rachel Humphreys reports from party conference. Plus Vince Beiser on the black market in sand

This week the Liberal Democrats met amid a backdrop of political chaos and a looming general election. In her first conference as Lib Dem leader, Jo Swinson has laid out a decisive Brexit position – that if her party wins an election it will revoke article 50 and stop Brexit.

Members voted to endorse Swinson’s proposed policy, though the plan has encountered some internal opposition, with one Lib Dem MP, Sir Norman Lamb, saying he was worried such a proposal could stoke divisions.

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