Leader Profiles: Sir Ed Davey
Newscast
BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
This bonus episode of Newscast is a profile of the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey.
Adam and Alex are joined by Dr Tim Leunig, economist and long-time friend of the Lib Dem leader, to chronicle his early life and political career. They look at his family life, what he has achieved in politics, including during his time as a minister, plus the origin of his political stunts.
This episode is part of a series where Newscast profiles each of the leaders of major political parties.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, as part of newscasts election cast coverage, we're bringing you these bonus |
| 0:10.1 | episodes profiling each of the major party leaders running in the 2024 UK general election. |
| 0:17.0 | We've been speaking to journalists who follow their careers and people who know these politicians very well to find out what they're really like. |
| 0:26.0 | This episode is all about Ed Davy, the 58-year-old leader of the Liberal Democrats. |
| 0:32.0 | You may remember him serving as a minister in the |
| 0:34.7 | coalition government in various roles. On this episode though you'll hear more about |
| 0:39.3 | how he balances politics with being a carer for his son, |
| 0:43.0 | learn which former labor minister borrowed his notes at school, |
| 0:48.0 | and how he scrapped the default retirement age. |
| 0:52.0 | We'll cover all of that and more on this bonus episode of |
| 0:55.6 | Newscast. |
| 0:57.6 | Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:01.6 | Well let's delve into Ed Davies' life now. Here in the studio is political correspondent |
| 1:07.5 | and friend of the podcast, Alex for scythe. Hi Alex. |
| 1:09.7 | Hello Adam. And also joining us is Dr Tim Loiningiggg, who's Director of Economics at the Consultancy Public First. |
| 1:15.7 | Hello, Dr Tim. |
| 1:16.7 | Hello. |
| 1:17.7 | How do you know Davy? |
| 1:19.7 | I've known him for more than 30 years. Many years ago I was an undergraduate and Alan Beeth gave a party |
| 1:25.9 | political broadcast that... Lib Dem legend Alan Beeth. That ended with the words, if your |
| 1:30.3 | interest in Lib Dem economic policy, please write to me. So I did, and I was the only person. |
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