Clegg: PM should 'delay' triggering Article 50

The former Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has said the Prime Minister "would have to go back and improve her negotiating stance" if she presented a vision of Brexit to the House of Commons that MPs did not agree with.

Speaking to Andrew Marr, he said delaying triggering Article 50 would be a "very good thing" because Theresa May's negotiating timetable will overlap with the campaign period for the French and German elections.

You can listen to the whole interview here

On which point:

A new poll, commissioned by the Open Britain campaign, shows that there is large scale support among the public for Britain staying in the Single Market, with 59% of people saying we should stay in the world's largest trading bloc and only 41% of people wanting to leave it.

58% of voters also thought that leaving the Single Market would have a negative impact on the UK economy, while only 30% thought it would have a positive impact and 12% thought it would not make a difference.

The poll also reveals that the continuing ability to trade freely with Europe overrides a desire for significant new immigration controls among a clear majority of voters. 62% of voters would prefer 'a continuation of the UK's ability to trade freely with European countries but only limited new immigration controls', while only 38% of people favoured the hard Brexit solution of 'significant new immigration controls on European workers but an end to the UK's ability to trade freely with European countries.'