Discussion: Sir Ed Davey on Liberal Democrats' Ambitions and Electoral Reform
Sir Ed Davey discusses the Liberal Democrats' goal to be in government and beat the right, with no ceiling on their ambitions, and supports electoral. He argues that electoral reform is crucial to prevent a majority government with 30% of the vote and to stop foreign interference in democracy.
Sir Ed Davey regrets losing his seat in the coalition government period but argues that they stopped the far right of the Tory party. He emphasizes the Liberal Democrats' goal to be in government and beat the right, with no ceiling on their ambitions, and supports electoral reform for 100 years.
During the coalition, Davey fought against the Conservatives every day, stopping them from doing a range of things. He argues that the Liberal Democrats' support for electoral reform is because it's the right thing to do, having led the argument for 100 years.
Davey emphasizes that the Liberal Democrats' goal is to be in government and beat the right, with no ceiling on their ambitions. He believes that electoral reform is one of the ways to stop the right and prevent a majority government with 30% of the vote.
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He argues that the Liberal Democrats' support for electoral reform is because it's the right thing to do, having led the argument for 100 years. Davey believes that the political system is broken and needs significant reforms, such as stopping foreign interference and large donations.
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Sir Ed Davey regrets losing his seat in the coalition government period but argues that they stopped the far right of the Tory party.
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The seats we won at the last election, when we got our best result for over 100 years.
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The goal is getting into government.
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We stopped the far right of the Tory party, if you like, when we were in government.
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Electoral reform is one of the ways we can stop it.
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Davey fought against the Conservatives every day, stopping them from doing a range of things.
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The Liberal Democrats' support for electoral reform is because it's the right thing to do, having led the argument for 100 years.
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Davey emphasizes that the Liberal Democrats' goal is to be in government and beat the right, with no ceiling on their ambitions.
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He believes that electoral reform is one of the ways to stop the right and prevent a majority government with 30% of the vote.
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Davey believes that the political system is broken and needs significant reforms, such as stopping foreign interference and large donations.
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He emphasizes the Liberal Democrats' goal to be in government and beat the right, with no ceiling on their ambitions, and supports electoral reform for 100 years.
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We've supported it for 100 years.
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