Ed Davey

British politician (born 1965)

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38 quotes

Talk is cheap. Burnham must stop with all the 'maybes' and get negotiating that better deal for Britain today."
As liberals — we know that something as existential as nuclear weapons or climate change cannot be left in the hands of a powerful few. And so it must be with AI. We can’t leave it to Mark Zuckerberg, to Sam Altman, or to Elon Musk to save us,
I'm sure John Healey will be open to any and all suggestions ahead of the budget but actually this is an area where the Labour government has taken action on fuel duty already.... Whilst I recognise what the Lib Dems have to say on this topic, this is the element of politics about it — they've got their conference, they're making their pitch, good luck to them."
  • Asked about Sir Ed's call for a fuel duty cut, Labour Party chair Bridget Phillipson told Laura Kuenssberg
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Today — we are back. Fighting again the fight that fired me up at university. The fight to end injustices. In our country and around the world. The fight to defeat the nasty populism of Trump, Le Pen, the AfD and the rest.
They’re frustrated because they’re coming up with the arguments, they’re running the campaigns and they don’t get the coverage for them. And I get it, it’s frustrating.”
I'd like to be on more than 10% [in national opinion polls],

Earlier

Local elections could hasten the exit of Britain's embattled prime minister

The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/uk…

With local votes taking place across swathes of England, and crucial national tests in Scotland and Wales looming, here are five potential flashpoints that could significantly increase the prime minister’s political vulnerability — and even tip him out of No.10 Downing Street less than two years after he swept to power on a landslide

Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/keir…