The Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, said the party was looking at ways of legislating in parliament to force the PM to request a Brexit extension earlier than the current 19 October deadline, to avoid no deal. Speaking outside Westminster, she said: ‘We have a prime minister who has abused our democracy, who has been found guilty of breaking the law, unlawfully proroguing parliament. And so he has proved time and again that he simply cannot be trusted’
