Vince Cable was business minister between 2010 and 2015 and is now an MP as a member of the Liberal Democrats.
- "I'm beginning to think that Brexit may never happen," Cable told the BBC on Sunday. The problems are so enormous, the divisions within the two major parties are so enormous I can see a scenario in which this doesn't happen.
- People will realise that we didn't vote to be poorer, and I think the whole question of continued membership will once again arise"
Here is the BBC report, and also more Reuters
Cable speaking over the weekend