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Ed Davey takes aim at Reform and Elon Musk as Lib Dem conference begins

On stage at Brighton Centre, Davey called on the assembled delegates not to be deterred in the face of Reform's hope "that the anger and the hatred and the lies will grind us down until eventually we just give up".

Ed Davey takes aim at Reform and Elon Musk as Lib Dem conference begins

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On stage at Brighton Centre, Davey called on the assembled delegates not to be deterred in the face of Reform's hope "that the anger and the hatred and the lies will grind us down until eventually we just give up".

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