Caution versus ambition: strategy debate dominates Lib Dem conference
Ed Davey views the stands as he tours the exhibition hall during the Lib Dem conference in Brighton. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAView image in fullscreenEd Davey views the stands as he tours the exhibition hall during the Lib Dem conference in Brighton. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAWhat is lacking, some fear, is a wider vision, or any boldness.
- ▪Ed Davey views the stands as he tours the exhibition hall during the Lib Dem conference in Brighton.
- ▪Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAView image in fullscreenEd Davey views the stands as he tours the exhibition hall during the Lib Dem conference in Brighton.
- ▪Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAWhat is lacking, some fear, is a wider vision, or any boldness.
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Ed Davey views the stands as he tours the exhibition hall during the Lib Dem conference in Brighton. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAView image in fullscreenEd Davey views the stands as he tours the exhibition hall during the Lib Dem conference in Brighton. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PALiberal DemocratsAnalysisCaution versus ambition: strategy debate dominates Lib Dem conferencePeter Walker Senior political correspondentParty strategists say careful targeting of seats has paid off and should continue, but some say a wider vision is neededTue 22 Sep 2026 04.00 EDTShareOne of the more dramatic moments in a Liberal Democrat conference otherwise short of them came late on Sunday, when the party frontbencher Lisa Smart told the polling veteran John Curtice that, in effect, he no longer…
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