Lib Dems overturn 23000 Tory majority and win North Shropshire in humiliating defeat for Boris Johnson
The Liberal Democrats have told Boris Johnson that the ‘party is over’
The Liberal Democrats have told Boris Johnson that the ‘party is over’
The Liberal Democrats overturned a Tory majority of almost 23,000, winning with a margin of nearly 6,000 votes and a 34% swing.
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Davey was clear about the seats he wanted his party to take, specifically mentioning seats in Cambridgeshire and the Cotswolds, Stockport and Surrey, Hampshire and Hertfordshire.
Party leader Ed Davey has announced a new flagship Education policy on the third day of the party’s conference – Catch-Up Vouchers.
The conference also backed a motion for individual regions within England to be federal states, with a constitutional standing equivalent to that of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with England.
‘We control the regulations and laws of the city of London. We can change how the city of London operates, we can show leadership to other financial centres of the world’.
Having overturned a 16,000 majority in Chesham and Amersham, the party is confident that it can win over more disgruntled Tory voters.
The Liberal Democrats say they want to bring in a frequent flyer levy by reforming Air Passenger Duty to target the most frequent flyers.
The party says it wants to see a total ban on conversion therapy in the UK, with no exemptions for religious practices.