Farron highlights ‘appetite for change’

THE LIBERAL Democrats have reached 100,000 members as the party targeted one of Labour’s most prominent Brexit backers.

Leader Tim Farron said there was an “appetite for change” in the country as he campaigned in Labour Eurosceptic Kate Hoey’s seat.

But the devout Christian faced further questions over whether he viewed gay sex as a sin, insisting that his “personal faith” was a private matter.

The Lib Dems finished a distant fourth in Vauxhall in 2015, behind the Tories and Greens, but the constituency voted heavily for Remain in last year’s EU referendum, while Ms Hoey was a prominent supporter of Brexit.

Mr Farron said the party was on course to record its highest ever membership, surpassing the 101,768 in 1994.