Liberal Democrats are courting Conservative voters
Success will mean walking an electoral tightrope
“THE TRUTH is, this government is picking on a whole set of British people playing to the worst common denominator, which is disgusting.” Boris Johnson “is not a decent prime minister”, but a “bully”. Having wrapped up the Liberal Democrats’ conference on September 20th, Sir Ed Davey, their leader, is not pulling his punches. His criticisms of Mr Johnson are part of an effort to peel off Tories in marginal seats who, he hopes, are repelled by the government’s stance on culture-war issues and angry at its incompetence.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Yellow Tories”
Britain September 25th 2021
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