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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage Policy editor

Lib Dems target ‘blue wall’ with blitz of 2m leaflets in Tory heartlands

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey and Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Jess Brown-Fuller at Birdham Pool Marina, Chichester. Both are wearing life jackets.
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey with his party’s parliamentary candidate Jess Brown-Fuller in Chichester on Saturday. The Lib Dems are hoping to unseat Tory Gillian Keegan in the election. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

More than 2 million leaflets will be distributed by the Liberal Democrats in their target “blue wall” seats this weekend as the party launches its bid to dislodge some of the most senior Conservatives from parliament.

The seats of cabinet ministers Jeremy Hunt and Gillian Keegan have been included in the party’s long-planned assault on liberal Tory heartland seats that have been drifting away from the party since 2019. Michael Gove’s Surrey Heath seat was already in Lib Dem plans before the levelling up secretary announced on Friday night he was stepping down.

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