Ed Davey on caregiving, purpose and putting compassion at the heart of politics
White Wine Question Time
Stak
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Joining us this week is a man whose personal story and political mission are inextricably linked. A long-serving MP and the current leader of the Liberal Democrats, he’s also a carer and campaigner whose life has been shaped by love, loss, and a fierce determination to improve the lives of others. It’s Ed Davey!
In this episode, Ed opens up about the defining experiences that have shaped his worldview, from caring for his mother through terminal cancer when he was a child, to raising his son with a rare neurological condition alongside his wife, Emily. He shares how these formative moments inspired his new memoir ‘Why I Care and Why Care Matters’ and why he believes caregiving should be recognised as a central part of both public life and policy.
With warmth, candour and emotional clarity, Ed reflects on the everyday realities of home life, including the relentless fight to access support for his son John, their revolutionary discovery of a treatment facility in Budapest and the unwavering spirit that holds his family together. He also speaks movingly about the lasting influence of his late parents and why gratitude and love, even in the hardest of circumstances, have been his greatest teachers.
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| 0:34.7 | Coming up on this episode of White Wine Question Time. |
| 0:41.9 | And she said, well, have you tried tongue massage? |
| 0:46.0 | Like massaging the tong? |
| 0:47.7 | Oh, your actual tongue. |
| 0:49.1 | Right. |
| 0:50.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:50.6 | And we said no. |
| 0:52.4 | She said, well, you need to do that. |
| 0:54.2 | And no one in the pet owned you any about it. |
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| 0:59.5 | you don't get things to do with. |
| 1:01.6 | You can't imagine, right? |
| 1:03.0 | You're in the wrong wheelhouse there, Ed. |
| 1:04.8 | Yeah. |
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