If Sir Ed Davey’s stunts were ever funny, the joke has long since worn off. At the Lib Dem spring conference this weekend, he strode onto stage wearing sunglasses to the tune of Boney M’s ‘Daddy Cool’ in a lame attempt to parody Emmanuel Macron’s recent appearance at Davos. After a typically forgettable speech, Davey was then filmed performing a choreographed dance routine to Chappell Roan’s Gen Z pop hit ‘Hot to Go!’. And to think this was the party of Gladstone and Lloyd George.

But the most embarrassing moment of all for the Lib Dem leader came on Sunday, when the latest Ipsos poll showed his party is now polling in single figures. Despite Labour being led by one of the most unpopular prime ministers on record and the Conservatives facing an existential crisis, the traditional third party of British politics has the support of just 9 per cent of the electorate. Instead, it’s Reform and the Greens who are capitalising on voters’ discontent. In a strong field, Ed Davey is perhapss the most underperforming party leader of them all.

The traditional third party of British politics has the support of just 9 per cent of the electorate

The traditional third party of British politics has the support of just 9 per cent of the electorate

Take the recent Gorton and Denton by-election. Once upon a time, such a contest would........

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