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This morning the party unveiled plans for “ready-to-go” legislation for a second referendum immediately after the election.
The plans involve two draft bills – a ‘Paving Bill’ to begin consultation around a referendum question and establish campaign designation, and a a full bill, which would provide for a referendum on the current deal or staying in the European Union.
It appears to mark a move away from the party’s initial position, which appears in the manifesto, to revoke Article 50 unilaterally under a Liberal Democrat government.
Speaking to the BBC’s Today Programme this morning, Swinson explained this was because she now accepted it was unlikely that the Lib Dems would win a majority.
Swinson said: “The most likely way we can stop Brexit is through a People’s Vote… [Revoke] is only in the circumstances of a Liberal Democrat government. [...]