Tim Farron calls on Tory MPs opposed to hard Brexit to defect or resign

The Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, delivers his speech to his party’s spring conference in York.Tory MPs who oppose a hard Brexit should defect or resign rather than vote against their conscience, the Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, has said in a direct appeal to Conservatives to join his party.Farron said the Lib Dems had the momentum to defeat Tories who decide to remain loyal to Theresa May’s Brexit agenda, citing his party’s victory over the former Tory MP Zac Goldsmith i