Ed Davey slams Sunak over Conservative conference chaos on visit to Mid Bedfordshire

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will today (Wednesday 4 October) visit Mid Bedfordshire and criticise Rishi Sunak for presiding over yet more Conservative chaos during the Tory party conference in Manchester.

Ed Davey will be making his sixth visit of the by-election campaign as the party ramps up campaigning with two weeks until polling day. 

The Liberal Democrats are the main challengers in the rural Blue Wall seat, and are looking to pull off another historic by-election win after overturning similar majorities in four formerly safe Conservative seats in the past two years.

The party’s candidate Emma Holland-Lindsay is a local councillor in Bedfordshire who has been campaigning on the urgent need for more GP appointments. 

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:

“Rishi Sunak failed to stand up to Nadine Dorries when she abandoned the people of Mid Bedfordshire. Now he’s failing to stand up to Liz Truss as she doubles down on her disastrous mini budget that wrecked the economy and sent mortgages spiralling.

“The Conservative Party conference has descended into a shambles while people across the country struggle to see a GP and see their bills go through the roof. Sunak and his Conservative government have shown they are out of ideas, out of touch and deserve to be kicked out of office.

“In two weeks’ time, voters in Mid Bedfordshire will have a chance to send the government a message that they are fed up with this endless Conservative chaos. More and more people are backing the Liberal Democrats here in Mid Bedfordshire, as the party best placed to beat the Conservatives and with a real plan to tackle the crisis facing local health services.”

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