Ed Davey

Ed Davey’s game plan

21 September 2024 9:00 am

Ed Davey owes much of his election success to Boris Johnson – and in more ways than one. The slide-loving,…

Meet Surrey’s ‘M&S movers’

22 June 2024 9:00 am

On a street in Camberley, Surrey, a pensioner stands in the doorway, rollers in her hair, staring with some bemusement…

How do you say Southwell?

24 February 2024 9:00 am

What’s in a place name?

27 January 2024 9:00 am

Why the Lib Dems want Boris back

21 October 2022 10:26 pm

Suddenly, out of the blue, comes a saviour. The Lib Dems have failed to capitalise on the downfall of Liz…

The Liberal Democrats have a dangerous vision for the City of London

31 August 2021 5:53 am

Liberals have always set great store by laws and declarations. It was joked about Lord Loreburn, the liberal Lord Chancellor…

The new opposition: an interview with Ed Davey

3 April 2021 9:00 am

Ed Davey on why the Lib Dems are the only party voting against lockdown laws

Ed Davey is leading the Lib Dems to extinction

20 January 2021 6:30 pm

Ed Davey became leader of the Liberal Democrats almost five months ago. Since then, his party has achieved nothing. The…

Keir Starmer would be wise to avoid a Lib Dem alliance

14 August 2020 11:51 pm

The myth that is developing goes like this: Labour can’t win enough seats to form a majority government at the…

How Italy failed the stress test (and Emilio Botín didn’t)

1 November 2014 9:00 am

Continuing last week’s theme, it was the Italian banks — with nine fails, four still requiring capital injections — that…