Jo Swinson: Lib Dems are the only option for this Brexit chaos to stop

WATCH: Sam Gyimah explains why he left the ToriesMrs Swinson told the Andrew Marr Show:"Everybody can see we are stuck, that Brexit is in a mess. There needs to be a way out of that.She added:"But if we end up at a general election then I think we need to be straight forward with people and give them the option for all this Brexit chaos to stop.

Pushed on whether the Lib Dems are now a single issue party to block Brexit and are bringing in MPs who are not representative of the party, Mrs Swinson rejects the notion that any MPs joining the party don't truly embody the values of the party.09:58Home Secretary Priti Patel on capital punishment She says she is drawing a line under previous deal and focusing on the new deal to enable the UK to leave, and the"anti-democratic backstop" has to be dealt with.

"I'm of the view, I've always been of the view that remaining in the EU is the better option", McDonald says, but adds the party will"put it back to the British people."Labour's shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald is asked when the party will support a general election. Mr Khan says, while saying he is not excusing criminality, part of the problem lies with services being cut.

But Umunna says it is"much more than that" and that Leave/Remain is not just about whether you support membership of the EU. He adds:"We want to see things determined at the ballot box, that's what you would do at a general election." She says it's"right he should enable parliament to have its say, even if it's not what the government want to hear".Former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, who is standing to be the next Speaker of the House of Commons, warns of"extremism" if people lose faith in parliament.Harman says the Speaker should now have a"role in the country as a whole" to represent parliament.

AndyMcDonaldMP

AndyMcDonaldMP As long as your voted in by constituents.

AndyMcDonaldMP How did he vote in accepting the referendum result, and to invoke article 50.

AndyMcDonaldMP SophyRidgeSky And once it’s put back to the people and the outcome is the same again, he and his party along with the Lib Dems and SNP will continue to block it.

AndyMcDonaldMP Didn't Middlesbrough vote 65.5% to leave. Some representation they have.

AndyMcDonaldMP SophyRidgeSky wouldn't it be nice if the people could vote no confidence in parliament have her royal majesty remove all these worms from their positions and Britain could politically restart itself free of all the corruption moving forward with peoples government for the people not insttution

AndyMcDonaldMP SophyRidgeSky Labour abstained on a People's Vote a few months back and now it is their policy. I wonder why? Because they were determined to push us into a corner and blame the Tories for it, regardless of its impact on 'the many' they pretend to represent. Total treachery. marr ridge

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