Lib DEMS have a moral duty to beat Nigel Farage, says Ed Davey

Liberal -Democratic leader Sir Ed Davey has said that his party has a moral duty to keep Nigel Farage and his reform of the British party out of power.

During the BBC at the autumn conference of his party, Sir Ed said that the voters decreased from work and the conservatives and some were attracted by reform.

However, he argued that the liberal Democrats can be the alternative by offering “radical change … in harmony with British values”.

On the other hand, he said Farage wanted the UK “like Trump’s America”.

In last year’s general elections, the LIB DEMS won 72 seats while the reform won five, but in recent months the party of Farage has led opinion polls.

Sir Ed told the political editor of the BBC Chris Mason that his party had “Momentum”, but acknowledged that “was not completely reflected in the polls if I would like to see”.

“We have a challenge. We have to fight to reform.”

Asked how he could win reform voters, Sir Ed said that people were worried about illegal immigration and that his party encouraged the government to call a national emergency situation to tackle the backlog when processing asylum claims.

“If we get rid of that asylum and close the asylum hotels, I think that would reassure many communities.”

He argued that voters were also concerned about the costs of living in addition to immigration and said the Lib Dems had Policy that would lower energy bills.

During the autumn conference in Bournemouth, the Liberal Democrats Lego models of “Plastic Patriot” handed out Nigel Farage.

Asked if his party was obsessed with or scared by Farage, Sir Ed said: “I am certainly not afraid – the problem is that we have to expose him.

“I think the more he will be examined, the more he will be seen to fail.”

Sir Ed argued that a reform government would make the UK more “as Trump’s America” ​​add: “I think that will be hard and it is not true of British values.”

He said that his party “offered the change that is in accordance with those values ​​- to have a decent caring country”.

He said that the voters had “lost confidence” in a labor government that “had failed” and could offer his party an alternative.

During the interview, Sir Ed was asked about his recent criticism of the BBC and the reporting of Reform UK.

The LIB DEM leader has accused the BBC that he did not provide sufficient control of the party of Farage and claimed during an interview with LBC that the “copy-and-paste” reform the British press releases in online articles “.

When he told him that his claim was a “forgery” and that he used the same kind of Trumpian language that he had criticized, Sir Ed said, “No, I don’t think we are.

“And what we say when we are talking about Trump and Trump’s America is the way he closes the media – actually uses his regulations to close the media.”

Pressed again, Sir Ed added: “I think we have seen a bad practice in parts of the BBC.

“We see some improvements and it can continue for a long time because the BBC plays a really important role.

“That is one of the reasons why Liberal Democrats have defended the BBC and when it does not play that role, it is not unreasonable for people to call it out.”

A BBC spokesperson said: “The BBC strives to achieve the necessary impartiality in all its output and gives the right levels of control to all political parties.”

Earlier, the LIB DEMS made time on the main stage in Bournemouth for a debate on how they can take on Farage’s party, with local council members of the “Reforming Watch” research team set up by Sir Ed after the local elections of May.

They explained the hope that a focus on local issues – which consider LIB DEMS as a traditional force – would help the party to reform the attention of attention.

Mike Ross, the leader of Lib Dem-hero Hull City Council, where the party faces a challenge of a reform mayor who was chosen in May, said his party had tried to reformulate the hostility of reform to the net zero goals, for example as a threat to green investments in the area.

Kent councilor Anthony Hook, where the LIB DEMS is now the opposition against a council -led council, said that the party “had to make our game and create more content of ourselves” on social media to accept the party of Farage.