What's next for the Liberal Democrats?
More than 17,500 new members have joined the Liberal Democrats in the three weeks following the referendum. So what's next for the party?
Tim Farron, the party leader, has reiterated that at the next general election, our party's manifesto will contain a clear commitment to take us back into the European Union. In the meantime, we will fight to guarantee the future of EU citizens living in the UK, and we will hold the Brexiters to account as the government embarks on its plans and negotiations. "Together, we will build a new modern breed of politics - liberal, hopeful, international, rational - driven by real British values."
Sal Brinton, the party president, stresses that we must continue to voice our belief that Britain is better in the EU, and we must also challenge the hate crime, racial prejudice and intimidation that appears to have become more overt since the referendum. "To sit by in the current situation makes us complicit."