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Barbara Ellen

A new Christmas single – but do they know it’s Ed Davey?

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The artists recording the first ever Band Aid single, Do They Know It's Christmas, in 1984
The artists recording the first-ever Band Aid single, Do They Know It’s Christmas, in 1984. The event was organised by Bob Geldof, second left, and Midge Ure, far right. Photograph: Brian Aris/PA

Is the world ready for Ed Davey in a Christmas jumper, putting up tinsel with choristers, alongside violinists in reindeer antlers? The Liberal Democrat leader has joined the Bath Philharmonia to produce a Christmas charity single, Love Is Enough, in what appears to be a first for a main political party leader.

Written by young carers and former carers, the song is in aid of Carers Trust and the Bath Philharmonia (as a teenager, Davey nursed his mother when she had terminal cancer). Some might think, with all that bungee-jumping and paddleboarding in the run-up to the general election, we’ve already seen quite enough of “cuddly Ed” in 2024.

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