To the frustration of some Lib Dem Europhiles, a gradualist approach to rebuilding ties with the EU is favoured by party leader Sir Ed Davey. His 2024 election campaigning focused on a few core issues, above all social care, and given the dramatic increase in Lib Dem MPs, few would dare to say it hasn’t worked.

The Liberal Democrats will sing “B------s to Brexit” at their annual party conference in a sweary version of a Mary Poppins song. Activists have rewritten Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from the 1964 Disney film as “B------s bloody bugger knackers f------ c---- to Brexit”.

At the notorious “Glee Club” event at this year’s Lib Dem conference, punters will belt out a sweary rewritten anti-Brexit version of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious