Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of "bottling" a general election as he predicted his party would make gains at the local elections.Sir Ed was on the third day of a tour of the West Country taking in visits to Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ahead of the local elections on May 2.He said that in many parts of the country - including across the south of England which has been dubbed the "blue wall" - the Liberal Democrats were the challengers to the

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of "bottling" a general election as he predicted his party would make gains at the local elections.Sir Ed was on the third day of a tour of the West Country taking in visits to Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ahead of the local elections on May 2.He said that in many parts of the country - including across the south of England which has been dubbed the "blue wall" - the Liberal Democrats were the challengers to the Conservatives.