Davey says Lib Dems won’t give up fight against ‘nasty populism’
Davey said the party will keep fighting populism and unveiled plans for the NHS, maternity care and 100 hours of work experience for students.
- On Saturday, Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey rallied party members at the annual conference, vowing the party "won't give up the fight" against "nasty populism" while confirming readiness for a general election if Prime Minister Andy Burnham calls one.
- Davey framed his activism by recalling his university campaign pressuring Barclays Bank to boycott Apartheid-era South Africa, grounding his current fight in decades of political engagement while outlining a "distinctive position" focused on rejoining the single market and prioritizing the NHS.
- Health spokesperson Helen Morgan unveiled a £600 million maternity care plan to reduce annual NHS negligence costs totaling £1.3 billion, while education spokesperson Munira Wilson proposed a 100-hour work-experience guarantee for students aged GCSE to 18.
- Targeting Reform, Davey condemned their "£72 million arsenal of hate and lies" funded by crypto billionaires, arguing figures like Nigel Farage and Elon Musk "don't speak for the real United Kingdom."
- Concluding his address, Davey led the audience in a chant of "we care, we fight," promising supporters "a party that won't be ground down" against populist threats at home and abroad.
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Davey takes aim at Reform, claims Lib Dems won't give up ...
The Lib Dems leader & MP for Kingston Sir Ed Davey says one of the party’s MPs was wrong to suggest it’s “struggling for relevance.”
Roz Savage made the remark in an essay published ahead of the Lib Dem's autumn conference in Brighton, which got underway yesterday. Davey says his party won't be caught off guard by a snap election, and wants to block a Reform led government. https://audioboom.com/posts/8954767-sir-ed-davey-lib-dems-leader-and-mp-for-kingston-surbiton
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