Ed Davey has spent his conference interview with the Today Programme arguing about why it’s alright not to propose any cuts to spending at all and failing to rule out a coalition with Labour. The loony centre…
Davey’s only proposal to ‘cut spending’ was to push a move to in-person assessments for benefits, which will obviously require a large taxpayer-funded hiring drive. No surprise after the party’s joke manifesto last year…
Davey refused three times to say whether his party would enter a coalition with Labour to fulfil its ‘moral mission’ to defeat Nigel Farage. Pushed by Nick Robinson, Davey said:
“What I want to do is make sure we have as many Liberal Democrat votes and as many Liberal Democrat seats as possible in the next election.”
A Lab-Lib coalition is seen as an increasingly likely possibility come 2029. What’s worse than Keir Starmer and Ed Davey? Keir Starmer and Ed Davey in the same room…
Co-conspirators may well ask “does anyone care” when it comes to LibDem conference, although the party is eyeing more Tory seats at the next election to add to its current substantial Commons caucus. The yellow peril is the next gathering in conference season after Reform’s early start…
A conference source gets in touch to point out that former BBC man John Sweeney is promoting two events in defence of convicted nurse Lucy Letby at the conference in Brighton:
Hiya, there will be two Lucy Letby events at
the @LibDems conference in Bournemouth. The first is part of a general disco about miscarriages of justice on Saturday at the Sandbanks room in the Marriott at 2015. On Sunday at 1pm, we do a specific hour on Lucy at the Trouville…— John Sweeney (@johnsweeneyroar) September 8, 2025
The Mail and other papers continue their relentless campaign to have her convictions re-examined. The coverage never stops…
Meanwhile, ‘Migrant Voting Rights in Local Elections’ hosted by the ‘Migrant Democracy Project’ will call for “1.2 million UK residents [who] do not have the right to vote in local elections” to be given the franchise. Really reading the room…
The LibDems are calling for the “stringent oversight” of YouTube adverts for the sake of “online safety“. Writing for LBC today, the party’s ‘spokesperson for Science, Innovation and Technology’ Victoria Collins has demanded the government hands even more powers to Ofcom, with greater fines and pre-vetting of content on the table. As if Ofcom isn’t already busy enough policing the rest of the internet…
“The Government needs to get hold of this problem by ensuring Ofcom treats YouTube advertising with the same stringent oversight as it does for TV and radio… Fines for platforms that fail to protect consumers should not just be a slap on the wrist; they need to act as a genuine deterrent. For those who break rules, the proceeds of fines should be used to support the victims of online harms.
Rogue advertisers are all too happy to exploit the loopholes of the current system. As YouTube’s influence continues to grow, so does the potential for harm…”
It’s no coincidence this sort of thinking is rearing its head, with YouTube now the second most-popular media service in the UK…
Co-conspirators will remember Ed Davey’s toe-curling video dancing his way through a plea to “Buy British” and declaring the LibDems would “not take Trump’s tariffs lying down.” The party even launched a “Buy British” campaign calling for a “Made in Britain” logo for British businesses from “clothes brands to local jam and cidermakers”…
So imagine Guido’s surprise when browsing the LibDem merch store, only to discover their very own branded clothing isn’t quite as red, white and blue as Ed’s campaign suggests. The party’s official supplier of branded Liberal Democrat campaign materials, “Liberal Democrat Image”, sells clothes made by Fruit of the Loom – a distinctly American company that outsources most of its manufacturing to Morocco. No “Made in Britain” logo here…
For a mere £27.40, you too can proudly don a mustard yellow LibDem sweatshirt – foreign-made and foreign-supplied. Sew much for fashioning a future that’s stitched together at home…
Some habits just don’t die. The LibDems are continuing to deploy their inspired bar chart science a month after the election. Their distributed leaflet claims “lifelong Conservative and Labour voters backed” candidate (now MP) Lee Dillon. Or was their win thanks to another effect?
This time it’s not what’s on the bar chart, it’s what isn’t. Did absentmindedness make the LibDems forget to include a party which performed better than both Labour and the Greens? Reform came third with 11% of the vote – denying Laura Farris the seat. Ignore them until they go away?
Davey’s leapt to new heights in his quest to grab the media’s attention. It appears paddle boarding, water sliding, and mountain biking weren’t desperate enough for the LibDem leader. Davey this morning opted to go bungee-jumping to announce LibDem’s boost for bereavement payments. Taking the plunge for publicity…
As he dangled mid-air, Davey shouted to the cameras below, “Do something you’ve never done before. Vote Liberal Democraaaat!”. Strong and brave…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”
