Sir Ed Davey drinks a pint of beer at the George Inn pub in Windsor after taking control of the council from the Tories. He says it was an «innovative» approach. night for the Liberal Democrats. Photo: Andrew Matthews/Pennsylvania local election results.
Sir Ed Davey refused to rule out joining a coalition with Labor after the next general election.
The Liberal Democrat leader repeatedly declined to comment. when asked what he would do if Sir Keir Starmer failed to win a majority next year.
In 2010, his predecessor Nick Clegg joined David Cameron's Conservatives after the election resulted in a hung parliament.
But in the next vote in 2015, the Liberal Democrats were all but wiped out, leaving the party wary of talk of pacts .
Asked by Sky News about the possibility of a coalition, Sir Ed said: «I'm focused on beating these Conservative MPs and SNP MPs in Scotland where I think the Liberal Democrats have a really good chance and I'm increasingly confident in our ability to defeat the Conservative MPs in the next general election.
«I don't think the Conservatives can be removed from government unless the Liberal Democrats defeat these Conservative MPs.»
< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/87d2275f8914016cb6d649408f9c8568.jpg" />Sir Ed Davey at Windsor where the Tories have lost control of the council. He says he's focused on defeating Conservative MPs. Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA. at the moment is to remove the Conservative MPs – I couldn't be more clear on that.”
At 9am, the Liberal Democrats won 59 seats across the country, with dozens more expected in the coming hours .< /p>
One of the great successes was the wresting of Council of Windsor and Maidenhead from the Tories.
Sir Ed told Times Radio that it was a «groundbreaking» night for his party, but he did not share his predictions and hopes for how the success of the local council might affect the general election.
He said that local election results «make us really fair» in the general election, and Conservative and SNP MPs will be «very concerned» about their seats for the Liberal Democrats.
When asked if Liberal Democrats are generally doing well in local elections but not in general elections, Sir Ed said, «I have to strongly disagree with you.»
“If you look at the last 30, 40 years, which is more revealing, and you look at where we beat the conservatives and got deputies, it was usually in those areas where we had the successes of local governments in the first place.< /p>
“And so one of the reasons I'm so happy with the results of the local elections tonight… I think that makes us really fair for the general election. And the Blue Wall seat fair that I was talking about in places like Stockport and places like Yorkshire, places like the southwest, you know. I think that now many Conservative MPs will be very concerned about the threat from the Liberal Democrats.
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He said that the results of his party were «fantastic».
< p>«Conservatives are even worse…traditional Tory centers, I call them 'Blue Wall' places», I think the Liberal Democrats will be there very, very well…it will be a «Brilliant day for the Liberal Democrats» — he said.
“I have met people who would normally vote Labor, who voted Liberal Democrats, because they know that in these areas we are the ones who can beat the Conservatives.”
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Sir John Curtis, an election expert, said that Labor's results in the local elections suggest there could be a hung parliament at the next general election.
He said that Labor's share of the vote is not strong improved from the previous year, meaning it was «unclear» if they were on track for the majority.
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