Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey says he would not buy a Tesla – as he tries another way of getting around | Politics News

Sir Ed Davey said that people ‘change his mind’ on Tesla -electric cars and that he would not buy one.

Asked if people should boycott Tesla – Managed by Trump adviser Elon Musk – The leader of the Liberal Democratic said: “Let’s get rates on them first.”

Mr. Ed told Sky News: “People who would believe that Teslas was the way forward now say, ‘Well, hold on for a moment, we don’t want to be associated with anyone with these horrible views.”

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The Lib Dems has called on the British government to set retaliation tariffs on Tesla and other US goods because President Donald Trump ‘is not a reliable ally’.

Sir Ed launched their local election campaign in Henley-on-Thames and said the Lib Dems is now ‘The Party of Middle England’.

He denied that it meant that they were the ‘Posh Party’, or that their appeal was limited to those with mid-or higher income.

When asked who he considered the midst England, Sir Ed said: “Large quantities of people, all need good care, everyone needs a good health service, we are appealing to everyone.”

In celebration of the launch of his party’s campaign, Sir Ed was taught how to “hobby horse” and was photographed about miniature fences on a hobby in the walled garden of an Oxfordshire golf club.

May’s local election must produce a good set of results for the Lib Dems, with the party aimed at catching up in the number of councils they manage.

Lib Dem officials said the party is currently leading 37 councils by a majority, compared to 49 run by the conservatives.

They are helped by the fact that 20 Tory local authorities are voting this year, including in areas such as Shropshire, Devon and Hertfordshire, where the Lib Dems did well during the general election.

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Even if the lib Dems can surpass the conservatives in the number of councils, they will probably still enter the total score of individual elected councilors.

Since Win a record number of seats At the general election last July, the Lib Dems continued to focus their campaign on local issues, with the NHS and social care an important topic.

But over the past few months, Sir Ed has become more vocal about foreign affairs, which criticizes Mr. Trump increased and called on the EU ties with the EU.

With labor limited by the government and the conservatives to stop voters from switching to UK reform, the lib Dems believes they have identified an opportunity to hit a more pro-European and anti-Trump tone.

The party also seized comments made by Kemi Badenoch when Tory leader Lib Dems rejected as “someone who is good to fix their church roof”.

Sir Ed said he considered it a ‘compliment’ and that Ms Badenoch accused him of ‘snapping’ with voters.

The majority of the party’s target areas for the local election are traditionally in rural and more affluent areas Tory held.

However, the party also hopes for a strong result in the Hull and East Yorkshire Burgemasters match.

The conservatives call the lib dem launching ‘a joke’ and say tories “work day and day to give this country the opposition it deserves”.