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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Lib Dems should ditch Ed Davey’s stunts and talk policy, survey finds

Ed Davey with a drum.
Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey arrived at the party conference in Bournemouth at the head of a marching band. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The Liberal Democrats should drop their stunts and offer a more serious policy programme if they want to gain support among voters, according to a study presented at the party’s annual conference.

Polling by the More in Common thinktank, shown to Lib Dem members at the gathering in Bournemouth, suggested that while it has the scope to go beyond its historic total of 72 MPs at the last election, many voters tempted by the party remain uncertain about what it stands for.

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