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The Lib Dem leader is campaigning for Britain to stay in the EU, in direct opposition to the majority of British voters who chose to Leave the bloc. In a filmed interview with Cambridge University Television, Mr Farron said Britain now “had an opportunity to stay, potentially, in [the EU]".

Speaking about building the Lib Dem supporter base, Mr Farron referred to the EU vote as point which gives the party "real clarity". He said: “You have to go and make your own luck… it’s why taking the bold position we’re saying now, giving people the chance to vote on the deal on the exit from the European Union so that we can have an opportunity to stay potentially in it, is distinctive and brings lots of people with us." Mr Farron added: "Britain's future must be alongside our neighbours in Europe - at the very least as members of the single market but I still argue, as I did on the 23rd of June, that Britain will be better as a full and leading member of the European Union.”

GETTY / CUTV Tim Farron said Britain is better in the EU

This is the clearest message yet some MPs will actively vote against Brexit in the upcoming Article 50 Parliamentary debate if given the chance. But it also underlines his relentless determination for a second referendum vote after Theresa May concludes her negotiations with Brussels on the terms of the exit. Mr Farron sees this point as an opportunity to reject Brexit when the time comes. Following the High Court decision that MPs need to approve the activation of Article 50, Mr Farron and fellow Remainers would be likely to push the point on Parliament's sovereignty to force another EU referendum vote. He is just the latest Lib Dem to discuss MPs and the public blocking the exit, following former leader and current party spokesman on the EU Nick Clegg. In front of a crowd of several hundred students and members of the public at the London School of Economics on September 15, Mr Clegg said: “No one knows what Brexit means. Once it becomes clear it should be put to the people.”

CUTV Tim Farron is campaigning for MPs to overrule the public and vote against Brexit

While the former deputry prime minister said he was not calling for a "second referendum", he was steadfast in his belief the British people should be asked again whether they supported the exit. Mr Clegg also said at that meeting it was too soon to celebrate Britain’s economic success post-Brexit. He said: “Even among the most Anglophile people I know in Europe, the priority is keeping the EU together. It is not to cut a deal with the UK.

GETTY Thousands of people took to the streets of London to protest against this summer's vote

“It’s ludicrous! The lazy stuff you get from Brexit politicians, ‘oh, well, BMW want to sell us cars’… It’s much bigger than that!” The 49-year-old added: “It’s not going to be a pocket calculator negotiation. We are not their priority and the sooner we realise that the better.

CUTV Tim Farron followed Nick Clegg in pushing against Brexit