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@josh.politics.co.uk Oct 13, 2026, 4:56 PMReposted by @politics.co.uk

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@josh.politics.co.uk Oct 13, 2026, 1:00 PMReposted by @politics.co.uk

“Davey in deep water”

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Davey in deep water
Liberal Democrat MPs meet at 5:00pm today for what promises to be a spikier-than-usual weekly gathering. It is their first meeting since Charlie Maynard resigned as a Treasury spokesperson and called on Ed Davey, the party’s leader since 2020, to quit.

Maynard has not commented publicly since leaving the Lib Dem frontbench (other than to publicise a meeting of the business and trade select committee). But his resignation comes at a time of growing discontent with Davey’s leadership, driven largely by frustration at the party’s lack of prominence in the national debate.

The Liberal Democrats secured 72 MPs at the 2024 general election, establishing Davey as the most electorally successful Liberal since David Lloyd George. Davey’s campaign drew significant media attention for a series of water-themed stunts. But since Davey hung up his wetsuit, reportedly under pressure from colleagues in parliament, the party has struggled to secure sustained coverage in a crowded landscape that now features Reform UK and Zack Polanski’s Greens.

That tension was addressed, but by no means resolved, at the Liberal Democrats’ autumn conference in Brighton. Davey delivered a mostly business-as-usual speech chastising Reform UK and positioning his party as an anti-populist firewall. He also promised a £17 billion income tax cut, funded entirely by the growth generated by rejoining the EU single market and customs union. That announcement may be relevant to Maynard’s resignation as a Treasury spokesperson.

Tensions were exacerbated by Andy Burnham’s sweeping address to Labour conference last month, in which he appeared to endorse a range of longstanding Liberal Democrat positions on UK-EU relations, social care and electoral reform.

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@josh.politics.co.uk Oct 13, 2026, 10:13 AMReposted by @politics.co.uk

Yusuf suggests Braverman and Jenrick should ‘take responsibility’ for Tory record

Yusuf also disagrees with Braverman’s claim that people from ethnic minority backgrounds can be British but not English – the argument “doesn’t hold water with me”.

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@politics.co.uk Oct 13, 2026, 6:56 AM

The mystery MP behind yesterday’s #Politicle clues was @darrenpjones.bsky.social, the Labour MP for Bristol North West

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@politics.co.uk Oct 13, 2026, 6:56 AM

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@politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 4:44 PM

#Onthisday in 1984: IRA targets Thatcher and cabinet in Brighton hotel bombing

An IRA bomb exploded in the Grand Hotel, Brighton, at 2.54am in an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher. Five people were killed and more than 30 injured

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@josh.politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 4:08 PMReposted by @politics.co.uk

There’s been some negative comment about Burnham “shooting from the hip” as prime minister

But his comments on the @therestpolitics.bsky.social podcast have prompted Farage to opine about Brexit AND Russia – two issues on which he is exposed

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@politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 3:42 PM

Burnham says status quo ‘not good enough’ as he sets out plan for EU summit

The PM announced the summit will take place in Brussels on 20 November, after which he wants a “serious dialogue about the different options for our relationship”

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@politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 1:50 PM

“I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.” 🔴 New Labour MP Sagal Abdi-Wali, the winner of the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, takes the parliamentary oath

@politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 12:01 PM

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@josh.politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 11:03 AMReposted by @politics.co.uk

🚨NEW: Farage calls Burnham ‘a liar’ over claim Russia interfered in Brexit vote

“There was no Russian interference, and the Russia hoax has run all the way through this”, he told a press conference in Dover

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@josh.politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 10:26 AMReposted by @politics.co.uk

Where Lib Dem MPs stand as Ed Davey faces leadership plot

Steve Darling, work and pensions spokesperson, is the latest to row in behind Davey – taking @politics.co.uk's total to 19 MPs

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@politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 8:26 AM

Russian attempts to interfere in Brexit vote failed, Foreign Office minister says

Speaking to Sky News, Stephen Doughty said the security minister, Dan Jarvis, had been “very clear that they’ve attempted to, [but] they haven’t succeeded”

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@politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 7:53 AM

Burnham condemns Keir Starmer’s government as ‘too negative’ and ‘too factional’

“For all of the criticism of the New Labour era... all voices were heard, weren’t they?”, he told the @therestpolitics.bsky.social podcast

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@josh.politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 7:24 AMReposted by @politics.co.uk

#OTD 1979. Former PM Harold Wilson presents live television chat show

Wilson fronted live chat show Friday Night, Saturday Morning, the first time a past or serving PM had hosted an entertainment programme. It was widely judged a failure

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@politics.co.uk Oct 12, 2026, 6:51 AM

The mystery MP behind yesterday’s #Politicle clues was @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, the Labour MP for Midlothian

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@josh.politics.co.uk Oct 11, 2026, 3:48 PMReposted by @politics.co.uk

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