The Lib Dems have a rare opportunity to make the case for migration
Rarely has there been so much space on the political spectrum for the Lib Dems and so little appetite on their behalf to fill it.
Ok, that maybe a little harsh: Ed Davey’s refusal to attend the banquet with Donald Trump is more than a stunt but by tying it to Gaza alone it has become a tactical weapon with which to outflank Keir Starmer, rather than a wider statement about the threat of authoritarianism and the corruption of democratic norms embodied by the US President. It is the right target and the right action, but the wrong critique.
His call for a cross-party response to Musk’s weekend rant is potentiall more substantial, but the question now is whether this is a space he intends to own or he will revert to type.
In contrast, the Lib Dem leadership has absented itself from the summer’s debate around immigration and small boats. There is a compelling argument to be made that immigration numbers have little to do with small boats. What’s more, the underpinning assumption behind the whole argument – that immigration is bad for Britain – is well worth challenging, but no one will challenge it, other than the far left who, as message-deliverers, merely damage their own cause.
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