Lib Dems pledge to revoke Brexit without referendum

The Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, shakes hands with a delegate at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty ImagesThe Liberal Democrats have overwhelmingly approved the party’s plan of going into an election with the promise to revoke Brexit without a referendum, despite warnings from delegates at their annual conference that it risked alienating some voters.Under the plan, the Lib Dems would still support a second Brexit referendum with an option of