The Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson hopes to persuade members to back a policy of cancelling Brexit as the partys autumn conference begins today.
Her predecessor Vince Cable said that if a new version of Theresa Mays rejected deal gets support in the Commons, the Lib Dems must insist on a second referendum as a condition.
The party faithful has descended upon Bournemouths seafront as conference season kicks off in a relentlessly fractious time in British politics.
While Boris Johnson looks to weather the storm after Scottish judges this week ruled his advice to the Queen to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Lib Dems are looking to capitalise and mobilise supporters in Dorset in preparation for a snap election.
Parliament has so far denied Johnsons request for an autumn trip to the polls after opposition parties and Tory rebels passed legislation requiring the PM to extend the Brexit deadline until 2020.
With Royal Assent for the Benn-Burt bill now achieved and no majority in the House of Commons for the PM, both the Conservative Party and its rivals are gearing up for another Brexit-themed election.
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Swinson wants to sign her colleagues up to the policy of revoking Article 50, which would cancel the divorce from Brussels without the need for a second referendum.
The move to undo the mechanism under the EUs Lisbon Treaty which triggered the UKs withdrawal would be in the next Lib Dem election manifesto if members support it.
The Labour Party policy would involved renegotiating a deal with Brussels and putting it to a confirmatory vote, should the party win the next general election.
Veteran British diplomat Lord John Kerr, who was involved in drafting Article 50, has publicly said the clause is reversible.
Swinson said: We got into this mess as a result of having a referendum in the first place and that (revoking Article 50) is the only satisfactory way out of it.
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