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 […]
Lib Dems accuse Conservative councils of ‘running scared’ over local election delay push
The Liberal Democrats have accused Conservative councils of “running scared” and “silencing democracy” as the deadline for councils to apply for election postponement expires. The government gave councils until 10 January to say if they would prefer to delay May’s local elections while devolution plans for changes to local authorities are considered. Several councils have […]
Ed Davey launches bid for Christmas No 1 with new single ‘Love is enough’
Ed Davey has joined forces with Bath Philarmonia’s Young Carers’ Choir to launch the new song “Love is Enough” to the top of the charts.
Ed Davey unveils new Liberal Democrat frontbench
Ed Davey has unveiled the new Liberal Democrat frontbench, as he pledges to “hold the new government to account as a responsible opposition.”
Jamie Stone: ‘Lib Dem conference showed a party full of confidence — and ready for more success’
As ever, I’m slightly late — after all the north of Scotland is very far away from sunny Brighton. In making my long journey on the first day of the Liberal Democrat Conference, travelling through the lush Surrey countryside and seeing the dazzling light reflecting off the sea, it’s as if I have come back […]
Can Ed Davey’s Lib Dems ‘finish the job’ and overtake the Conservative Party?
Davey’s challenge this parliament is to entrench his party’s supremacy in newly won seats, while expanding into further Tory-Lib marginals.
Ed Davey to call Conservative Party ‘unfit for opposition’ as he vows to ‘finish the job’
Ed Davey will reiterate his pledge to “finish the job” of defeating Conservative MPs in his first conference speech since the Liberal Democrats’ historic success in July’s general election on Tuesday. The Lib Dem leader will reflect that millions of voters put their trust in his party at the last election and vow to be […]
PMQs verdict: Starmer-Sunak clashes create opening for Ed Davey’s Lib Dems
This was always going to be a tricky prime minister’s questions for Keir Starmer.
Lib Dems join the Taylor Swift bandwagon, with a new Commons motion praising the singer
The Liberal Democrat Party has become the latest part of the Taylor Swift bandwagon it seems. With the party already backing calls for the American singer to be given an award in the form of the ‘Freedom of the City’ of London, one of its new MPs is also now tabling a Commons motion praising […]
Lib Dems demand extra bank holiday if England win Euro 2024
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to grant the nation an extra bank holiday if England win the final of Euro 2024. Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: “The Three Lions are playing their first ever final on foreign soil, and if they bring it home, the Government should […]
