Ed Davey takes aim at Reform and Elon Musk as Lib Dem conference begins
Ed Davey urged delegates not to be deterred in the face of Reform’s hope ‘that the anger and the hatred and the lies will grind us down’. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAView image in fullscreenEd Davey urged delegates not to be deterred in the face of Reform’s hope ‘that the anger and the hatred and the lies will grind us down’. Fighting again the fight that fired me up at university.
- ▪Ed Davey urged delegates not to be deterred in the face of Reform’s hope ‘that the anger and the hatred and the lies will grind us down’.
- ▪Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAView image in fullscreenEd Davey urged delegates not to be deterred in the face of Reform’s hope ‘that the anger and the hatred and the lies will grind us down’.
- ▪Fighting again the fight that fired me up at university.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 7 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Davey says Lib Dems are 'firewall against Farage' as conference begins — BBC News — Politics
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Ed Davey urged delegates not to be deterred in the face of Reform’s hope ‘that the anger and the hatred and the lies will grind us down’. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAView image in fullscreenEd Davey urged delegates not to be deterred in the face of Reform’s hope ‘that the anger and the hatred and the lies will grind us down’. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PALiberal Democrat conferenceEd Davey takes aim at Reform and Elon Musk as Lib Dem conference beginsLeader says party ‘won’t give up the fight’ to defeat ‘nasty populism’ in first-day speech to delegatesYassin El-MouddenSat 19 Sep 2026 17.37 EDTLast modified on Sat 19 Sep 2026 17.40 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe Liberal Democrats’ leader, Sir Ed Davey, took aim at Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and Elon Musk on the first day of his…
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