The Guardian view on the Lib Dems: Ed Davey wants Tory voters without losing the left | Editorial
Ed Davey after delivering his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat party conference on 22 September. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAView image in fullscreenEd Davey after delivering his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat party conference on 22 September. But he wants this message not to be lost in the headlines about his party’s £17bn tax giveaway aimed at disillusioned Conservative voters.
- ▪Ed Davey after delivering his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat party conference on 22 September.
- ▪Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAView image in fullscreenEd Davey after delivering his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat party conference on 22 September.
- ▪But he wants this message not to be lost in the headlines about his party’s £17bn tax giveaway aimed at disillusioned Conservative voters.
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Ed Davey after delivering his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat party conference on 22 September. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAView image in fullscreenEd Davey after delivering his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat party conference on 22 September. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAOpinionLiberal Democrat conferenceThe Guardian view on the Lib Dems: Ed Davey wants Tory voters without losing the leftEditorialThe party leader offers social liberalism and lower taxes, hoping opposition to Reform UK will hold together voters with competing economic interestsTue 22 Sep 2026 13.51 EDTLast modified on Tue 22 Sep 2026 14.00 EDTShareSir Ed Davey’s speech at the Liberal Democrat party conference was a calculated appeal to voters who recoil from a rightwing bloc associated with Brexit,…
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