But, while Swinson's odds of becoming prime minister are extremely long, she doesn't need to win outright to put Brexit in serious political jeopardy. Swinson's Liberal Democrats have signed on to "Unite to Remain," an agreement brokered with the Green Party and the Welsh independence party Plaid Cymru. But when asked her thoughts on the Liberal Democrat plan to cancel Brexit without a vote, she wouldn't answer. Party leaders stand next to ice sculptures representing the Brexit Party and Conservative Party at Channel 4 News' General Election climate debate in November. Quentin Peel, of the British policy think tank Chatham House, has a very different take on the Liberal Democrats' Brexit policy shift.

Source: CNN December 06, 2019 06:00 UTC