Tim Farron told the Liberal Democrat conference that it was the only party who could break the stranglehold of Brexit and the Conservatives

Tim Farron launched an attempt to win over Labour’s Blairites today, just hours after Liberal Democrat activists sang a song denouncing Tony Blair.

The Lib Dem leader used his keynote speech to his party’s conference to reveal his admiration for the former Labour leader, as he attempted to encourage disillusioned Labour voters to switch allegiance and stop the Conservatives ruling for a generation.

Despite polls showing his popularity has flatlined since he became leader more than a year ago, Mr Farron said that Labour moderates could help the Lib Dems overtake Jeremy Corbyn’s party and become the main opposition. He said Labour was now “hopelessly divided and patently unfit for government”.

Mr Farron said that hard-left supporters of Mr Corbyn were now “throwing around the