PM 'sounds like he has already given up'

SIR Ed Davey has told the Liberal Democrats’ spring conference that the Prime Minister “sounds like he has already given up” and that setting the general election date is “pretty much the only thing left that Rishi Sunak controls anymore”.

The Lib Dem leader said the Tories “no longer represent British values of decency, tolerance and the rule of law”, as he challenged members to “smash the blue wall” at the national vote.

The Lib Dems are using the gathering in York to prepare for a further push into traditional Conservative strongholds, particularly seeking to win over voters in the South and South-West of England.

Sir Ed rallied members to “make this a once-in-a-generation election” as he argued that his party was the only one to offer “transformational change”, while the Tories and Labour were just “tinkering around the edges”.