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3 months ago

Why both Labour and the Conservatives need to take the Liberal Democrats more seriously

John Major is right in his BBC interview: the Conservatives need to woo voters who backed the Liberal Democrats in July’s election, rather than lurch to the right and appeal to supporters of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. The four contenders for the Tory leadership should listen, but they won’t; Kemi Badenoch has called Reform voters “our people.” Keir Starmer’s party …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Ed Davey to urge Lib Dems ‘to finish the job’ and overtake the Tories

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

After record election results, can the Lib Dems become the official opposition?

The Independent

Plastered around the Liberal Democrats’ autumn conference are posters of Sir Ed Davey, flanked by party activists, with a banner reminding attendees they secured “the most Lib Dem MPs ever”. But, with 2025’s local elections on the horizon, and an expected 2029 national contest, work is well underway in Lib Dem HQ to figure out how the party can add …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Greens, pro-Palestine independents and Lib Dems: Could they bring Labour down?

The Independent

The Green Party has been vindicated. The Liberal Democrats are the usual beneficiary of tactical voting in places where Labour couldn’t win, but the Greens showed that they could substitute for the Lib Dems in a few places. A government wrestling with the unpopularity of tough decisions could find itself losing votes not just to a resurgent Conservative Party on …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Can the success of the Lib Dems force the Tories back to the centre?

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

For Ed Davey and the Lib Dems, the good times have never seemed so good

The Independent

After an eventful election campaign, a raucous rendition of Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline, surrounded by the party faithful, felt like a fitting finale for Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats. Education secretary Gillian Keegan lost in Chichester, Sussex, to Jess Brown-Fuller, while science secretary Michelle Donelan and culture secretary Lucy Frazer were also unseated by Lib Dem candidates. Davey …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Why the Lib Dems pledge to reverse Brexit is their best chance this election

The Independent

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rishi Sunak's new small boat problem: Lib Dems photobomb PM on the River Thames after spotting him campaigning in the same affluent seat ahead of the election

Daily Mail

His premiership has been dominated by problems with small boats, but Rishi Sunak must have thought he was safe on the River Thames today. The Prime Minister and his team chose England's longest waterway as the backdrop for a campaign visit to Henley, where the migrant crisis in the Channel was not on the agenda. The PM was spotted by …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Is this the worst week yet for the Lib Dems?

The Independent

This week the Liberal Democrats have enjoyed an amount of media coverage a minority party can only dream of. Unfortunately, 99 per cent of the headlines were negative: they were about their leader Ed Davey’s failure as minister for postal affairs during the 2010-15 coalition to tackle the Post Office Horizon IT project scandal. This week senior Lib Dems have …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Vote Labour on Thursday – and get a general election in January 2025

The Independent

Conservative hopes are rising that they can this week repeat the double by-election trick of losing one but holding one. To win in Mid Beds, Labour needs a 19 per cent swing, the kind of result that is well within its reach while the government continues to be so unpopular. Since then, another poll published last month by Labour Together, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Ed Davey struggles to hold Lib Dems together in conference speech today as furious activists demand all-out bid to reverse Brexit and a pledge to build 380,000 houses a year

Daily Mail

Ed Davey will try to paper over cracks in the Lib Dems today as activists demand more effort to reverse Brexit and a commitment to build hundreds of thousands of houses. Ed Davey will try to paper over cracks in the Lib Dems today as activists demand more effort to reverse Brexit and a commitment to build millions of houses …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Tories face 'Blue Wall' threat as Lib Dems pocket £1MILLION bequest from activist's will - while Ed Davey woos voters by playing down EU ambitions and dropping plan to hike income tax

Daily Mail

Tories are facing an intensifying threat to the 'Blue Wall' after the Lib Dem warchest was boosted by a £1million bequest. Ed Davey is shown the sheep enclosure at Sparsholt College Hampshire by the party's candidate for Winchester, local vet Danny Chambers Sir Ed also tried his luck in a tractor as he tries to boost the Lib Dems' standing …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Labour threaten to report Lib Dems to police over by-election ‘lies’

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Vote split could let Tories win in Mid Bedfordshire, says John Curtice

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

Lib Dems demand ambulance staff boost before winter pressures

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Could Sunak’s by-election crisis be even worse than he feared?

The Independent

Just two weeks are left until polling day in three crucial by-elections: Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Selby and Ainsty, and Somerton and Frome. Though bookies are hardly infallible, you can’t really argue with odds of 20 to 1 “on” of the Liberal Democrats’ Sarah Dyke being returned in Somerton on a swing of at least 40 per cent; it would …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Lib Dems warn of GP retirement time bomb as ‘one in five near retirement age’

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

Labour and Lib Dems cooperation key to defeating Tories at by-elections, top polling guru says

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Lib Dems warn of car theft ‘epidemic’ under Tories

The Independent

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2 years, 7 months ago

Boris Johnson is heading for a double drubbing in by-elections

The Independent

There is a by-election in Devon today – to choose a town councillor for the Lowman ward on Tiverton town council. The pro-EU party was in third place, behind Labour, in Owen Paterson’s Leave-voting seat, and yet the voters there sensed that they were a suitable vehicle for protest against a government that was losing its way – and this …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Lib Dems will seize ‘Blue Wall’ constituencies from Tories, says Sir Ed Davey

The Independent

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3 years ago

Ed Davey is needlessly giving up bargaining power for the Lib Dems years before an election

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Why both Labour and the Conservatives need to take the Liberal Democrats more seriously

Ed Davey to urge Lib Dems ‘to finish the job’ and overtake the Tories

After record election results, can the Lib Dems become the official opposition?

Greens, pro-Palestine independents and Lib Dems: Could they bring Labour down?

Can the success of the Lib Dems force the Tories back to the centre?

For Ed Davey and the Lib Dems, the good times have never seemed so good

Why the Lib Dems pledge to reverse Brexit is their best chance this election

Rishi Sunak's new small boat problem: Lib Dems photobomb PM on the River Thames after spotting him campaigning in the same affluent seat ahead of the election

Is this the worst week yet for the Lib Dems?

Vote Labour on Thursday – and get a general election in January 2025

Ed Davey struggles to hold Lib Dems together in conference speech today as furious activists demand all-out bid to reverse Brexit and a pledge to build 380,000 houses a year

Tories face 'Blue Wall' threat as Lib Dems pocket £1MILLION bequest from activist's will - while Ed Davey woos voters by playing down EU ambitions and dropping plan to hike income tax

Labour threaten to report Lib Dems to police over by-election ‘lies’

Vote split could let Tories win in Mid Bedfordshire, says John Curtice

Lib Dems demand ambulance staff boost before winter pressures

Could Sunak’s by-election crisis be even worse than he feared?

Lib Dems warn of GP retirement time bomb as ‘one in five near retirement age’

Labour and Lib Dems cooperation key to defeating Tories at by-elections, top polling guru says

Lib Dems warn of car theft ‘epidemic’ under Tories

Boris Johnson is heading for a double drubbing in by-elections

Lib Dems will seize ‘Blue Wall’ constituencies from Tories, says Sir Ed Davey

Ed Davey is needlessly giving up bargaining power for the Lib Dems years before an election