Ahead of the Lib Dem annual rally in Brighton, he set his sights on the party doing even better than its historic 72-seats General Election result in July when it tore into the previously Conservative “Blue Wall” in southern England.
The Lib Dems seized Surrey Heath, Esher and Walton, Epsom and Ewell, Wimbledon, Witney, Henley and Thame, Tunbridge Wells, Maidenhead, Wokingham, Mid Sussex, Harpenden and Berkhamsted, North East Hampshire, and Chichester in the strongest Liberal performance since 1923.
“We made a massive demolition job on the Blue Wall,” Sir Ed told the Standard. “But there is more to go. If we can show in seats that we have won that you elect a Liberal Democrat you elect a great local champion, and you can point to loads more in all the Home Counties and beyond, then we can do a lot more.
“There is no doubt that we could finish the job with the Conservatives.”
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