One of the two candidates in their leadership race speaks as Brexiteers attempt to launch another round of deselections.
He was asked how he would vote in a second, three-question referendum on Brexit.
The specifics of the case warrant all the critical scrutiny they’re receiving, but we must not lose sight of the bigger picture.
The Liberal Democrat deputy leader says that they are all working together for “a people’s vote to stop Brexit”, however.
For some reason he appears to be surprised at the reaction to his switch of position.
They are at least on-brand in refusing to accept the result of the vote on the proposal which has already taken place – which they lost.
There has been a tendency to suppose that because Britain’s power has declined in relative terms they must have become totally useless.
A Conservative MP who has seen much of Collins says: “I like him. He’s more intelligent and thoughtful than his public manner gives one to expect.”
This symbol to some of a self-righteous metropolitan elite is, in her way, a populist, who knows that her strength lies in reaching out to the people.
The gloomy predictions of the Remain campaign proved ludicrously mistaken, but that does not mean there will never again be bad economic news.
Europe has no Madisons to make the case for federalism, while the Leavers patronise us by pretending that leaving is without risk.
The former Justice Minister writes an open letter to a young activist, urging her to reconsider her defection to the Liberal Democrats.
To progress the talks, and to move on as a nation, we need imaginative ways to cut through bitter divisions.
The consequences of not doing so would be catastrophic both for our nation and the party that I hope one day to be able to vote for again.
And even if one were to take place, there’s every reason to believe it would deepen, not resolve, the sense of crisis and acrimony.