Ex-Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable slams party’s policy to stop Brexit in its tracks
SIR Vince Cable has slammed his own party’s policy to stop Brexit in its tracks. The ex-Lib Dem chief has called the controversial stance of revoking the Article 50 process if they won a Commons’ majority as “a distraction”. PA:Press Association Sir Vince Cable has slammed his own party’s policy to stop Brexit in its tracks[/caption] Current leader Jo Swinson adopted the stance of cancelling Brexit just weeks after she became leader at the end of July . But Sir Vince said: “I’ve always argued that actually it was wildly improbable. “We were never going to get 350 MPs, so the policy had been and should be to argue for the People’s Vote, going back to the public, to the referendum with support for Remain. “So the revoke was a distraction and not a very helpful one.” The warning Swinson told delegates at her party conference that she would take them from being the third party to challenging for Downing Street. She boasted: “I stand before you as your candidate for prime minist...