As Jo Swinson's party well knows, bold political policies can end up causing big political problems.
To win a parliamentary majority they would need to win more than 300 constituencies that they do not currently hold.
The effect of the shift from Remain to revoke may therefore be more symbolic than substantial, but it is significant in what it says about the wider party political context of the Brexit debate.A few months ago, Ms Swinson's predecessor Sir Vince Cable said shifting the party's policy to, but said he still believed a referendum was the best way out of the impasse.
Ms Swinson's hope is that making the Liberal Democrats' electoral offering explicitly and unambiguously opposed to any form of Brexit, she can take votes from Conservatives aghast at the direction Boris Johnson is heading.Moment Tory rebel was revealed as Lib Dem
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