‘Show Sunak the door’ - Lib Dems update by-election door as victory props take centre stage in blue wall rally

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The Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, pledges to ‘Show Sunak the Door’ as the party’s by-election victory props make a special appearance at the Spring Conference opening rally. 

As he walked on stage, Ed Davey first smashed the blue wall from Chesham and Amersham with an inflatable gold hammer, then burst a confetti filled ‘Boris’ Bubble’ first seen in North Shropshire. The party leader then updated the door by replacing Boris’ name with first Truss, then Sunak’s. 

The famous blue door was first unveiled in Tiverton on the morning Richard Foord won his seat from the Conservatives in a record-breaking by-election defeat. Two weeks later, Boris resigned as Prime Minister. 

During the blue wall rally, special appearances were made by the blue-blooded Countess of Swinton Felicity Cunliffe-Lister who recently beat the Conservatives in a council by-election in North Yorkshire, Baroness Pinnock who delivered 48,000 leaflets to Lee Anderson after his Twitter dare and Sarah Dyke who beat Hayward Burt, the Conservative Councillor in charge of the ‘Liberal Democrat Unit’ at CCHQ, in a council election last May. 

In an ode to Hayward Burt’s previously hosted ‘Fighting the Lib Dems’ events, and recent leaks about further training on how to battle the Liberal Democrats, Sarah Dyke shared some training tips for the Conservatives. She advised them to start paying taxes and stop pumping sewage into our rivers. 

MPs speaking in the rally included Christine Jardine who opened the event, Munira Wilson who celebrated the members and by-election winners Richard Foord and Helen Morgan, who sat down for an interview with the Lib Dems Eastbourne candidate Josh Babarinde to discuss their time in Parliament since taking office. 

Speaking after the rally, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey said: 

“This blue wall rally is just a taste of what's to come from the Liberal Democrats. Since our last conference, we have been making history and winning across the country, especially in the Conservative heartlands. 

“We've shown that when we come together, united in our vision for a fair deal for people who have been taken for granted for far too long, there's no limit to what we can achieve. 

“This blue wall Conference rally will springboard us into the local election campaign. It has been fantastic to see so many energised activists ready to take on the Conservatives and prepared to create the change that our country so desperately needs."
 

Speaking after the rally, Cllr Sarah Dyke said:

“This rally is the perfect opportunity to inspire our members and use this energy to drive us forward and make our voices heard ahead of the local elections, where we will claim more victories over the Conservatives. 

“The Conservatives can throw whatever they want at us, we’re ready. We will not stop working to create the future we want for ourselves, our families, and our communities.” 

ENDS

Notes to Editor

A full running order for the rally can be found here. 

It can be watched on replay using the Liberal Democrat conference live stream found here. 

Felicity Cunliffe-Lister, the Countess of Swinton lives on an estate previously used to host meetings for senior members of the Conservative party.  

Hayward Burt’s Lib Dem seminar was advertised here.