Liberal Democrat boss Tim Farron has confessed to mourning Brexit like a death

LIBERAL Democrat boss Tim Farron has confessed to mourning Brexit like a death.

Speaking at his party’s conference, the struggling party leader said “there is a sense of bereavement because it wasn't just about losing an election, there was a sense of losing your identity.”

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He added: "So I do feel personally shattered by the result. I hope people who voted the other way will forgive me for putting it in those sort of terms.”

Mr Farron has said a second referendum is needed because some people voted Leave on the understanding Britain would remain in the single market.

The annual Lib Dem gathering in Brighton has seen outpourings of grief about Britain's historic vote to quit the EU.

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Streams of delegates took to the conference stage to rage against Brexit and the referendum.

Spearheading the whining was Mr Fallon, who told his members: “frankly you're right not to give up, if you believe passionately in something you should keep fighting.”

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“You don't have to give up, for pity's sake," Mr Farron told BBC Radio 5 Live.

He added: "I'm incredibly proud to be British, there are some people on the centre-left who don't do patriotism, I really do do patriotism.

“Part of my identity is a northerner, is an Englishman, is a British person, is also that I'm European.

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"So I do feel personally shattered by the result. I hope people who voted the other way will forgive me for putting it in those sort of terms."

On Monday morning party members overwhelmingly endorse Mr Farron’s policy to hold another referendum on the result of Theresa May’s Brexit deal.

Welcoming the vote, the party chief said: “The British people were trusted with the question of our departure, they should be trusted with the question of our destination.

“The Liberal Democrats are now the only party who will give the public a vote on the final deal and who will campaign to remain in the EU.”