Ed Davey attacked Nigel Farage at the Liberal Democrats’ party conference. Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Ed Davey told Lib Dem members that Nigel Farage would make the UK “Trump’s America” if he were elected prime minister, with claims that Reform would destroy the NHS and roll back gun laws among the main messages made by the Liberal Dem’s leader in his conference speech.

Speaking to the party faithful in Bournemouth, Davey said the Liberal Democrats would be “on the side of the British people” and that the party would “fire up our economy again”, though he provided few policy details for growth.

In tirades against Farage , Elon Musk and the BBC, Davey attacked figures who wanted to “break” the UK during his speech as he compared policy proposals by the Tories and Reform UK to President Trump

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