Sir Ed Davey (Part Two)
Walking The Dog with Emily Dean
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🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In part two of Emily and Ray’s walk with Sir Ed Davey, the conversation turns to the state of modern politics, from the rise of populism to the challenges posed by figures like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage, and what Ed believes the future of British politics might look like.
Away from the political arena, Emily also gets to know the man behind the headlines, discussing everything from his taste in music and comedy to the moments and influences that have shaped him away from Westminster.
If you haven’t already, do catch up on part one. And if you'd like to learn more about Ed's story, his book Why I Care: And Why Care Matters is available now in paperback.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Part 2 of Walking the Dog with Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davy. |
| 0:06.2 | If you want to know a bit more about Ed and what got him into politics, |
| 0:09.6 | I also really recommend reading his book, Why I Care and Why Care Matters, |
| 0:14.7 | which is out now in paperback. |
| 0:17.1 | Really hope you enjoy part two of our walk and do give us a like and a follow so you can catch us every week. |
| 0:22.8 | Here's Ed and Ray Ray. |
| 0:25.0 | So tell me, after Oxford, and I get the sense at Oxford, obviously it was very different then. |
| 0:30.5 | It's a slightly more inclusive place now, both those universities are, but back then things were a little bit more shades of |
| 0:37.8 | Bullington at certain colleges well I'm I deliberately didn't go to those colleges |
| 0:41.7 | right so my my brother ended up at aureole college because that's quite |
| 0:50.4 | tradition which is very very traditional very public schooly and the I remember when we visited him, me and my other brother, so three of us in his little |
| 0:58.4 | room. |
| 0:59.7 | And we opened the door and my first recollection of other students at Oxford was these two |
| 1:06.5 | girls dressed in their pyjamas, women, going down the corridor saying, and one said to the other, |
| 1:11.0 | oh daffers, I've got shampas all over my jim jams. And apparently, apparently they were going to |
| 1:20.0 | some champagne breakfast party organised by two guys from Harrow down the corridor. So I thought, |
| 1:25.5 | mm, it's not quite me. But it was very funny. |
| 1:30.7 | Things like that, you just never forget, do you? And so I'm never going to forget that. |
| 1:36.4 | I might quote them. And you were Jesus which is a bit smaller, more kind of warmer? |
| 1:42.2 | Charles had a friend at Jesus and when I |
| 1:44.3 | visited him one day I went to see, went to visit her and I just liked the field of |
| 1:48.8 | the corridor. It was completely different Oriol. It was well known for having a high |
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