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This is a great, and typically elegant, pre Labour Party conference read by our @jessicaelgot
My Labour conference read
Burnham, who was once the spectre at the feast, now hopes to banish the ghosts of Starmerism
Details here on the big strategic theme talk which No10’s “hype man” Hayden Munro gave to cabinet
Stay for the ex minister comparing himself to Declan Rice.
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Labour and Conservatives dead, you say?
V.small changes in voting intention as Tories nudge into second & Greens hit joint lowest since October 2025. Lab lead of 3
🌹 LAB 26% (+1)
🌳 CON 23% (+1)
⏩ REF 22% (-1)
🔶 LIB DEM 11% (+1)
🟢 GREEN 8% (-1)
⚫ RES: 6% (-)
N = 2,133 | Fieldwork 18-21/9 | Changes w 15/09
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I don’t know who puts these banners outside their home in Finsbury Park, but I look for them every day on the train. Hard agree with the current message ❤️
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Big loooooong standing ovation for Davy, who got his biggest laugh for pointing out the party is winning in Devon - where the LD council leader accused Davey of leading the party into irrelevance
Ed Davey Keynote Conference Speech nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1dKrPrZpa…
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Opening his speech at Lib Dem conf, Davy warns that the black-shirted, balaclava-wearing far-right protesters who gathered in Dover and Portsmouth “would tear our country apart”, comparing groups like Patriot Platform to Oswald Mosley’s fascists, the National Front and the BNP
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Davy explicitly draws a line between far-right vigilantes and Reform, calling them the most visible part of a far-right threat that was “extremely well funded”, promoted by Elon Musk and given credibility by “cynical politicians like Nigel Farage”.
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Lib Dems MPs file onto the stage for Ed Davey’s closing speech at conference. And Jenny the dog!
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As an aside, Lib Dem fundraisers should print a t-shirt with Davey's face and "let me come half way and compromise with you" and that's the party's war chest sorted
BBC's @MattChorley asks Ed Davey he's turned the Lib Dems into "a sort of Cameroonian One Nation Tory party". Davy says : "Absolutely not", before adding "I hope they do come and join us". Some young idealists are - the Guardian spoke to them yesterday theguardian.com/politics/202…
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BBC's @MattChorley asks Ed Davey he's turned the Lib Dems into "a sort of Cameroonian One Nation Tory party". Davy says : "Absolutely not", before adding "I hope they do come and join us". Some young idealists are - the Guardian spoke to them yesterday theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Possibly my favourite ever @Moreincommon_ slide. MPs at Lib Dem party conference keep saying “we’ve got Greggs in my constituency too!”
The 'Gail's Approach' has produced results. Liberal Democrat support is 19 per cent among Britons living near a Gail's Bakery, versus 12 per cent overall - a stronger predictor of individual support for the LDs than any standard demographic marker!
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LIb Dems home affairs spokesperson @mpmwilko introduced with clips of him mocking Robert Jenrick, joking about being bald and swerving vindaloo. He’s striding around the stage here in Brighton, calling Reform a bunch of dangerous plonkers and generally enjoying himself
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@mpmwilko gives passionate defence of the ECHR. “Leaving the ECHR would simply be Brexit 2.0, another disaster that grinds this country’s political and legal system to a halt, and fixes nothing.”
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Excellent reaction game by the @YLvsCancer stand at Lib Dem party conf has MPs coming back and practicing to top the leader board - currently lead by @pippaheylings with @EdwardJDavey in 4th place. I was rubbish.
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There is some competition for best snarks Lib Dem (genuinely) but Max Wilkinson is definitely in the running
“Where are we?”
If you’re at #LDConf and you want to see more jokes at the expense of Robert Jenrick, you’ll enjoy my keynote conference speech this morning.
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It’s a full house for Sir John Curtis at Lib Dem party conference, as he cheerfully tells the party’s faithful if they have become “the left behind party”
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Lib Dem treasury spokesperson @libdemdaisy says in response “we are determined to turn the blue wall into an orange wall” then “not just prevent the populists from going into number 10, but also to make sure that we can set out a really strong vision for a liberal country.”
Do the Lib Dems have a brand and cut through problem? Our word cloud finds people struggle to describe the Liberal Democrats and where they do they tend to be words which suggest a lack of relevance on the national political stage.
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