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

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3 months, 1 week ago

‘I was diagnosed with PTSD over Brexit,’ Lib Dem councillor says

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, 1 week ago

Sir Ed Davey jet skis into ‘very excited’ Lib Dem conference

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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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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Does voting Conservative make you fat? Tory backers 'more likely to be obese', study finds... but having a right-wing doctor gives you a better chance of slimming down

Daily Mail

Conservative voters are fatter and are more likely to be obese than Labour or Liberal Democrat supporters, a study claims. Tory voters have a BMI around one point higher on average than Labour or Lib Dem supporters, which could be the difference between a healthy and unhealthy weight Professor Amanda Daley, of Loughborough University, said: 'Health remains an important political …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the betting scandal-hit constituencies where Labour and Tories have withdrawn support for candidates

The Independent

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6 months ago

Britain’s rollercoaster-riding Liberal Democrat leader embraces stunts to gain election attention

Associated Press

LONDON — Most politicians try to avoid slips, stumbles and undignified photos. “I think that by taking a slightly different approach – with a bit of humor, a bit of emotion -- you can get people’s attention.” Davey spoke to The Associated Press after visiting Nickel Support, a center for learning-disabled adults. In campaigning for the U.K.’s July 4 election, …

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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, 2 weeks ago

New poll reveals ‘Farage effect’ on the general 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, 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, 5 months ago

‘Anyone but them’: True-blue Tory voters see red to hand Labour historic Selby by-election

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

Labour divided over tactical voting to block Tories at by-elections

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Lib Dem leader in fiery TV clash with Ed Balls over Brexit

The Independent

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey refused to say whether he want the UK to rejoin the EU in a feisty TV clash with Ed Balls over Brexit. Sir Ed said he was pleased the presenter was reading the Lib Dems’ website – but said: “At the moment is not the issue, the issue is rebuilding trust with our European …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Tories handed ‘wake-up call’ with double defeat in Tiverton and Wakefield by-elections

The Independent

Boris Johnson’s Conservatives suffered a humiliating and historic double defeat on Friday morning as voters turned against them in both the Tiverton and Honiton and Wakefield by-elections. Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said it was the “biggest by-election victory our country has ever seen”, adding that the result should be a “wake-up call” to Tory MPs about Mr Johnson’s …

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

‘I was diagnosed with PTSD over Brexit,’ Lib Dem councillor says

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

Sir Ed Davey jet skis into ‘very excited’ Lib Dem conference

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

Does voting Conservative make you fat? Tory backers 'more likely to be obese', study finds... but having a right-wing doctor gives you a better chance of slimming down

Inside the betting scandal-hit constituencies where Labour and Tories have withdrawn support for candidates

Britain’s rollercoaster-riding Liberal Democrat leader embraces stunts to gain election attention

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

New poll reveals ‘Farage effect’ on the general 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

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

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

‘Anyone but them’: True-blue Tory voters see red to hand Labour historic Selby by-election

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

Labour divided over tactical voting to block Tories at by-elections

Lib Dem leader in fiery TV clash with Ed Balls over Brexit

Tories handed ‘wake-up call’ with double defeat in Tiverton and Wakefield by-elections

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