Vince Cable provides road map for “exit from Brexit”

Vince Cable has set out how the process of Brexit could be stopped, saying that there was a "strong possibility" of a further referendum on the facts. The FT has the story from an event they ran this weekend:

In a debate at the FT Weekend Festival held at Kenwood House in North London on Saturday, Mr Cable said: "I think there is more than a possibility that Brexit may never happen." He added: "The balance of probability is still that it does, but there is a strong possibility of it being stopped because tensions within and between major parties are so large, that one or other may want to let the public decide on the facts whether this is something they want to go ahead with."

He was speaking after Theresa May's visit to Japan in pursuit of a trade deal:

The Lib Dem leader said that prime minister Theresa May was struggling to prove Britain could strike good trade deals with non-EU economic powers. "We've just seen in the last few weeks how absurd this is," he said. "The PM has gone off to Japan to negotiate some special trade deal and they have said they would much rather deal with the EU." Mr Cable said that the government had asked India for a special deal on whisky and financial services, and that India had asked for more visas. "To which [Mrs May] said, 'sorry we can't, we are trying to keep people out,' and the Indians said, 'get on your bike'," Mr Cable said.

The article highlights Vince's reputation as "one of the most financially literate critics of British Governments since 1997." That authority and credibility could prove crucial in the months ahead.