01-01-2017 19:48 via theguardian.com

Tim Farron dismisses PM's new year Brexit pledge as 'empty words'

Theresa May promised to fight case for both leavers and remainers, but Lib Dem leader said she is ‘driving headlong towards a hard Brexit’Theresa May’s new year message urging unity and pledging to also represent the interests of remainers during negotiations with Brussels are empty words given her previous hardline approach, the Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, has said.In her video message May acknowledged how divisive June’s referendum had been and said both sides
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