Today we have woken up in a deeply divided country. Nigel Farage’s vision for Britain has won this vote, but it is not a vision Liberal Democrats agree with, and we never will.

Young people voted to remain by a considerable margin, but were out voted. They were voting for their future, yet it has been taken from them.

Even though the result was close, there is no doubt that the majority of British people want us to leave. The Lib Dems fight for an open, optimistic, hopeful, diverse and tolerant Britain is needed now more than ever. Together we can still make the case for Britain’s future with Europe, as millions of people voted for it. Together we cannot afford to let that vision to die.

The Liberal Democrats will continue to stand and fight for a better kind of Britain than the one painted by the leave campaign – tolerant, openhearted, optimistic and outward looking. If you are as angry and heartbroken as I am, I need you to join us today.