Anyone watching the Conservatives tear themselves apart at the moment might be tempted to think that a political party could not possibly be any more divided. Well, the Tories may now have at last some stiff competition, as the Liberal Democrats face a remarkable split over their Brexit position.
Since the coalition years, the Lib Dems have vowed to never sell out their principles again like they did over tuition fees, which led to their disastrous showing in the 2015 election. Which explains why they have since relentlessly focused on the one key issue that sets them apart from the other main parties in Westminster: backing Remain and supporting a second Brexit referendum.
With Remain being the party’s one defining issue, and since they only have twelve MPs in the House of Commons, you would think then that all Lib Dems would be singing from the same hymn sheet when the party decided that it would vote against May’s Brexit agreement on Tuesday.
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