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born 1970
Timothy James Farron (born 27 May 1970) is a British politician and former Leader of the Liberal Democrats in post between July 2015 and July 2017. He announced his resignation on 14 June 2017 following the 2017 United Kingdom general election, remaining in his position until Sir Vince Cable was elected on 20 July 2017.
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If you think it is wrong to demonise immigrants, the young, the poor, foreigners, Brussels, the English, the Scots - join us.
I cannot imagine a deal that is better than the one we've got now.
If we trusted the people to vote for our departure then we must trust the people to vote for our destination.
We should celebrate the positive future that is a European Union prepared to work together to tackle the great challenges facing the world
Given three-quarters of the young people of Britain voted to remain in Europe, they should be permitted, as far as possible, to remain in Europe
The EU offers our small businesses and tourism sector huge opportunities, I can't understand why anyone would want to shut those opportunities down
Voting for Britain's departure from the EU is not the same as voting for a destination
The EU referendum result could be hijacked by forces of racism, intolerance and hate
Leaving the EU would destroy young people's hopes of getting on the housing ladder
This self-inflicted wound will be Cameron's legacy
You should have your say on the Brexit deal in a referendum. And if you don't like the deal you should be able to reject it and choose to remain in Europe.
We discussed whether Article 50 can be revoked, and my conclusion is that if there is the political will, it would be possible to do so.
I'm somebody who challenges people in power - the EU, in government, in councils - but I am somebody who believes Britain is better off in the European Union.
The Liberal Democrats have a plan. We know what we want and we know where we want to take our country. When Theresa May does agree a deal with the EU, we want the people to decide.
I don't believe that gay sex is a sin
People have been misled by lackadaisical politicians, playing games, who had campaigned for years to leave the EU - but hadn't bothered to come up with a plan about what to do if it actually happened
Aggressive. Nationalistic. Anti-Nato. Anti-EU. It is the post-war internationalist consensus unravelling in real time. Winston Churchill's vision for a world that achieves peace through trade, common values and shared endeavour evaporating before our eyes.
[Labour has] voted through a hard Brexit and chosen to be neither fish nor fowl on the biggest issue to face our country for a generation.
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