Tim Farron apologises after he and Vince Cable miss Brexit vote

Former leader and current leader of ‘stop-Brexit party’ fail to attend vote on amendmentsThe former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has apologised after he and his successor, Vince Cable, missed the votes on two government-backed amendments tabled by hardline Brexiters that passed with a majority of just three.Cable and Farron, who have positioned the Lib Dems as the stop-Brexit party, were away from the Commons on Monday night during the vote on amendments tabled by Jacob Rees-Mo