Sir Ed Davey has claimed British schoolchildren would need to practice mass shooting drills if Reform take power at the next election.

The Lib Dem leader argued in a speech at his party conference in Bournemouth that Nigel Farage wants to turn the UK into a version of ‘Trump’s America’ – including a loosening of gun laws.

He said: ‘Imagine living in the Trump-inspired country Farage wants us to become. […] Where gun laws are rolled back, so schools have to teach our children what to do in case of a mass shooting.’

A Lib Dem source pointed to comments made by the now-Reform leader in 2014, where he described a ban on handguns that was brought in following the Dunblane massacre as ‘kneejerk legislation’.

Farage, who was then leading UKIP, added: ‘I think that we need a proper gun licensi

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