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Sir Ed Davey

Sir Ed Davey, has faced a lot of adversity in his life, losing both his parents by the age of 15. Mark Coles asks what drives the man who now leads the Liberal Democrat party?

Sir Ed Davey is a mallet wielding, man on a mission. That mission is to demolish the Conservative 'blue wall' which he's already made a hole in after the surprise Liberal Democrat victory at the Chesham and Amersham by-election in June this year. With a First class degree from Oxford, he could have ended up as a spy, but instead chose the path well trodden for a PPE graduate, politics, taking a job as Economics Researcher to the then leader, Paddy Ashdown. He's committed to renewable energy and brought us wind farms during a stint as Energy Secretary in the Coalition Government in 2012, but can he keep the lights on for the Liberal Democrats?

Presenter: Mark Coles

Producers: Julie Ball
Bob Howard
Editor: Richard Vadon

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Sun 19 Sep 2021 17:40

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