Sir Ed Davey: Election date is the only thing PM controls
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Sir Ed Davey: Election date is the only thing PM controls
Sir Ed Davey tells the Liberal Democrats spring conference that the prime minister "sounds like he's already given up" and that setting the general election date is "pretty much the only thing left that Rishi Sunak controls any more".
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