Labour branded ‘nasty party’ after minister calls Ed Davey ‘fat bloke in wetsuit’
A senior minister has referred to the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, as a “fat bloke in a wetsuit”. Torsten Bell, who serves jointly as a pensions and Treasury minister, delivered the remarks while speaking to a fringe event at Labour Party conference. Bell said: “What Britain needs to tackle [Reform UK leader Nigel] Farage […]
UK-EU summit: Lib Dems urge PM to ignore Brexit ‘dinosaurs’ Farage and Badenoch
Ed Davey has called on the prime minister to be “bold and ambitious for our country” and disregard “dinosaurs fighting old battles”.
Carney’s comeback suggests viability of Lib Dem ‘resist Trump’ strategy
Keir Starmer congratulated Canadian prime minister Mark Carney on his historic general election victory in a statement issued this morning. The UK PM said he looks forward to “strengthening” relations with Canada, and noted Carney’s “personal ties to the UK”. With this message, Starmer alluded to Carney’s tenure as governor of the Bank of England […]
Ed Davey: Carney’s Liberals secure mandate to combat ‘Trump’s dangerous populism’
Ed Davey was the first UK politician to react as Mark Carney declared victory in the Canadian election, beating Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives in a remarkable electoral turnaround. The Liberal Democrat leader celebrated Carney’s victory as a triumph over “Trump’s dangerous populism” and urged voters in the UK to likewise take a stand against “hate-fuelled politics”. […]
PMQs verdict: Ed Davey bests Starmer by taking on Trump
Ed Davey launched the Liberal Democrats’ local elections campaign this week by bounding (stumbling) over ankle-high fences in Henley-on-Thames. The message was that in such “Blue Wall” areas, council contests are a “two horse race” between the Liberal Democrats and the beleaguered-looking Conservative Party. The quippy stunt secured headlines for the Lib Dem leader — […]
Show solidarity with new Canadian PM amid Trump ‘bullying’, Starmer urged
Keir Starmer has been urged to visit the new Canadian prime minister as a show of solidarity against Donald Trump’s threats towards the Commonwealth country. It was announced on Sunday evening that Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England, will be the new Canadian prime minister after he won the Liberal Party […]
Ed Davey: PM must challenge Donald Trump’s ‘lies over Ukraine’ in Washington
Ed Davey has called on the prime minister to show strength by “challenging Donald Trump’s lies” when he meets with the US president. The Liberal Democrat leader has been a consistent critic of Trump since his election on 5 November, which he referred to at the time as a “dark, dark day for people around […]
Why the Liberal Democrats are taking on Trump and Musk
Political activists in the United States watch on in anguish as the liberal Democratic Party struggles to rediscover a sense of urgency, and self, after its bruising defeat at the hands of Donald Trump last November. The Democratic leadership in congress is accused of mounting a feeble defence of political norms and institutional memory — […]
Ed Davey marks Brexit anniversary: Conservative deal has been ‘disaster’ for Britain
Ed Davey has labelled the Conservative Party’s Brexit deal a “disaster” and urged the government to “show the urgency and ambition” needed to fix the UK-EU relationship. Marking five years since Britain left the European Union, Davey also accused the prime minister of “living in a parallel universe” if he thinks that the UK economy […]
How the Liberal Democrats are learning to fight Keir Starmer
During the general election campaign last year, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey pitched his party as the “Tory removal service”. It was a brutally effective metaphor. The Lib Dem electoral machine turfed out Tory after Tory in former fiefdom after erstwhile heartland in July 2024. The operation was ruthlessly efficient. In an interview ahead of […]
