"Painting a nightmarish vision of what he claimed life would be like under a Farage government, he sought to portray the Lib Dems as the guardians of British values of "tolerance, decency, and respect". He argued that the Lib Dems had a "moral responsibility" to challenge Reform and urged his party to embrace patriotism to speak for "Britain's decent silent majority"."
"But in a 49 minute speech delivered without notes, he mentioned Farage 31 times and repeatedly claimed the Reform leader wanted to turn Britain into a "Trump-inspired country". He accused Farage of wanting to saddle Britons with "crippling" health insurance bills and destroy the countryside by fracking for shale oil - and trample on basic rights by pulling out of the European Convention on Human Rights. "That is Trump's America. Don't let it become Farage's Britain," he told the conference."
"He also stepped up his attacks on tech mogul Elon Musk, the owner of X, whom he said wanted to see a "Wild West on social media" and would benefit from Reform's plans to repeal online safety laws passed two years ago. And in a striking image, he claimed Farage would relax British gun laws, forcing schools to teach children "what to do in case of a mass shooting"."
Sir Ed Davey vowed to lead the Liberal Democrats against Nigel Farage's Reform UK, accusing Farage of seeking to turn Britain into a Trump-inspired America. He warned that a Farage government would impose crippling private health insurance, frack the countryside for shale oil, withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, and relax gun laws to the point of mass-shooting drills in schools. Davey framed the Lib Dems as guardians of tolerance, decency, and respect, urged patriotism to represent Britain's decent silent majority, criticized Labour for failing to deliver change, and warned that repealing online safety laws would aid tech figures such as Elon Musk.
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