Ed Davey Complains After LibDems Get More Airtime Than Reform – Guido Fawkes

Ed Davey Complains After LibDems Get More Airtime Than Reform

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LibDem leader Ed Davey personally complained to BBC boss Tim Davie about the coverage that Reform gets from the broadcaster. Think Davie has more pressing issues to worry about…

PoliticsHome reports that last month the LibDem leader confronted Davie about the fact that “the party feels the coverage is out of proportion with that given to Reform UK, who have just four MPs.” It has been given more slots on Question time now. Guido cast his memory back and realised that since the start of the year the LibDems have had representation on eight Question Time programmes compared to Reform which has only been given five. Only five out of 24 programmes contained representation for the party leading the polls…

The LibDems also say they are aggrieved because they were always told coverage depended on the number of MPs and not poll ratings and they contend it has now switched. Which would in fact be good for them seeing as they are at 15% in the polls and have only 11% of the MPs…

Reform got 4.1 million votes in 2024 – 600,000 more than the LibDems. Reform has also led the polls since February this year and is currently sitting at 30 points compared to the LibDems on less than half that. In three years the LibDems have never risen above 15%. A Reform source tells Guido: “Perhaps our leader is simply more interesting than theirs.” Ed Davey has done approximately nothing since the election…