Ed Davey: Hillary Clinton told me to “stand up to bullies” like Reform UK

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Ed Davey: Hillary Clinton told me to “stand up to bullies” like Reform UK

By The Voice | Tue 14th April 2026 - 4:19 pm

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Over on PoliticsHome there’s a full interview with Ed Davey. It covers the wide swathe of politics in the run-up to the May elections:

Davey revealed that he had a “long chat” with the former US secretary of state when she spoke at a business reception in the capital late last year.

“We talked about how we need to fight Reform in the way they need to fight Donald Trump, and she gave me some choice advice, which I’m not going to repeat because that would be unfair on her,” he said.

When pressed, he added: “She said you have to be very strong and stand up to bullies and don’t cave in and cosy up to them. She didn’t say she was criticising Keir Starmer, but I think the approach we [the Lib Dems] have taken, and the approach that someone like the Liberal Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, has taken, is the sort of approach she will endorse.”

He described Clinton as “very friendly and very warm”: “You could tell that she realised that we had shared values.”

You can read the full interview write-up here.

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2 Comments

Meby 14th Apr '26 - 5:27pm

Stand up against bullies!
Have you read the gutter snipes and junk the croney left wing press continue to regurgitate daily?
Please don’t stop though it gives us a good laugh every day. Keeps a smile on all our faces.
Ed 14th Apr '26 - 8:04pm

Golly. Taking political advice from Hillary Clinton.

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