59 h. ago 'Craven coward': Elon Musk responds to call for him to be sanctioned over remarks at Tommy Robinson's rally

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for the Telsa owner to be sanctioned over remarks he made to crowds attending the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ protest in London

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8 d. ago Lib Dem leader 'made to look a fool' over SNP independence spending

The Tories said Alex Cole-Hamilton had been ‘dangerously naïve’

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2 w. ago Politicians urge Badenoch to ‘come clean’ after doubts cast on US medical school claim

Labour and Lib Dem MPs ask Tory leader to clarify how alleged offer of place came about after Stanford University staff raise questionsLabour and the Liberal Democrats have called for Kemi Badenoch to come clean about her claims of an offer from Stanford University at the age of 16, after former admissions staff said she had described an impossible scenario.Labour MP Peter Prinsley has written to the Tory leader saying she should lay out the specifics of how the alleged offer came about, given the doubts cast over her story. The Lib Dem education spokesperson, Munira Wilson, said Badenoch risked undermining trust. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sir Rod Stewart slams Lib Dem leader for 'snubbing' Donald Trump state banquet

Maggie May singer Sir Rod Stewart said US President Donald Trump is the “only man” that can end the Ukraine war, after Sir Ed Davey said he was boycotting the bash over Gaza

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2 w. ago Donald Trump state banquet boycott is no disrespect to the King says Ed Davey

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey has announced that, after praying about it all summer, he plans to decline an invitation to a state banquet in Trump's honour

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2 w. ago Ed Davey accused of disrespecting the King after Lib Dem leader vows to BOYCOTT next month's state banquet for Donald Trump in protest over Gaza

Following an invitation by His Majesty, the US President is due to arrive in Britain for an historic second state visit between September 17 and 19.

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3 w. ago Lib Dem leader to boycott UK state banquet for Trump in Gaza protest

Sir Ed Davey accuses US president of being complicit in the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave

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3 w. ago Ed Davey to boycott King’s banquet for Trump over ‘horrifying’ Gaza war

Lib Dem leader suggests US president and Keir Starmer are hoping to ‘close their eyes and wish this away’ rather than act on escalating humanitarian crisis in the Strip

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3 w. ago Silicon Valley is full of wealthy men who think they’re victims, says Nick Clegg

Former Lib Dem leader and Meta strategist writes in new book that power in tech capital is interlaced with ‘self pity’Silicon Valley is full of hubris and hugely wealthy and macho men who think they are victims, the former politician and Facebook executive Nick Clegg has said.The former leader of the Liberal Democrats makes the claim in a new book chronicling his three careers as an MEP in Brussels, an MP and deputy prime minister in Westminster and as a communications and public policy strategist in San Francisco. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Block Elon Musk’s bid to supply UK home energy, Ed Davey urges

Exclusive: Lib Dem leader says giving Tesla a foothold in Britain’s energy market could be national security riskElon Musk’s company, Tesla, should have its application to supply energy to UK homes blocked on national security grounds, Ed Davey has told ministers.The Liberal Democrat leader argued that giving the electric car manufacturer a foothold in the British energy market would be “a gravely concerning move considering Elon Musk’s repeated interference in UK politics”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Ed Davey calls for review of terrorism legislation after Palestine Action arrests – UK politics live

The Lib Dem leader is seeking a review of the laws to prevent the ‘en masse’ arrestsIt is “absolutely essential” for the US to be part of European security guarantees for a potential Ukrainian peace deal, but there is “lots more work to be done” on what they will entail, a minister has said.“The really important progress yesterday was on the security guarantees, these issues that the prime minister and president Macron have been leading on within Europe, with 30 countries involved in planning with a coalition of the willing to make sure we can provide those guarantees.Those guarantees are really important. You’re right to say that there’s now lots more work to be done on the nature of those guarantees. That’s what is now under way.You’ve seen that happening immediately. It was already under way, as I say, across 30 countries, and now the United States is going to be involved in that.In the House of Commons, we abstained [from the decision to make Palestine Action a proscribed organi...

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