Lib Dem leader’s conference speech takes aim at Reform by predicting it would bring Trump-style policies to UK
Analysis: Lib Dems aim to go big as they spot electoral opportunity
The Liberal Democrats are the only remaining block against “the forces of darkness” led by Nigel Farage, Ed Davey has told his party’s annual conference in a speech that repeatedly and at times personally took aim at the Reform UK leader.
With Lib Dem strategists increasingly believing that Reform has become the party’s main opponent, Davey sought to yoke Farage directly to Donald Trump, arguing that if Farage won power, Reform would implement many of the same policies – including a relaxation of gun laws.
In a section of the speech likely to annoy Farage, this included the prediction that a Reform government would dismantle the NHS, enable racism and misogyny, and roll back gun laws so British schools would have to teach children what to do in a mass shooting.
