'Truss-Esque': Lib Dem Leader Leaves People Cringing After Launching New Catchphrase

Ed Davey was dubbed an “embarrassing irrelevance” by social media critics.

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Ed Davey has left social media users cringing after a clip from his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrats’ conference went viral.

The Lib Dem leader tried to rouse attendees at the annual get-together by unveiling the party’s new slogan: “We care, we fight.”

As the Kingston and Surbiton MP drew parallels between his own political awakening and the fight in the UK against the populist right, he told the room to “speak with one voice to say: we care and we fight.”

He said he hoped the populist right will look at them and “what they’ll hear is a party that won’t be ground down. That won’t be deterred. That won’t give up the fight.”

However, his over-enthusiastic delivery and the half-hearted response from the crowd has drawn all the wrong kind of attention from critics.

One particular clip, shared by Politics UK on X, accumulated 1.4 million views in less than 48 hours.

Speaking on the first evening of the party’s Autumn conference in Brighton, he said: “Will they hear? We care! We fight! We care! We fight! We care! We fight! That’s right!”

Watch how well it went down here....

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