One of the reasons the prime minister is [considering] delaying article 50 just for a short period is she wants to avoid elections to the European parliament. I’d say let’s prepare for that, let’s give us time, we should be extending article 50 for a reasonable period ... The defining characteristic of this is how long will it take for a people’s vote, which will probably take us into the autumn at the very least ...

On the basis of what we know now, on the basis of the lies that were told in the referendum campaign, people have to see that democracy is taking place. The right thing to do is to have that people’s vote and we need to extend article 50 for as long as we need for that process to take place.