Sir Ed Davey joked that "heavy machinery" would be required to clean up the "mess" left by the Conservatives as he took a ride in a tractor to launch his local election campaign.The Liberal Democrat leader is targeting Tory voters who he claims have been betrayed by the Government ahead of May's council contests in England.Sir Ed was a passenger as the tractor was used to smash down a stack of hay bales painted Tory blue at the pre-election stunt in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.The Lib Dem leader

Sir Ed Davey joked that "heavy machinery" would be required to clean up the "mess" left by the Conservatives as he took a ride in a tractor to launch his local election campaign.The Liberal Democrat leader is targeting Tory voters who he claims have been betrayed by the Government ahead of May's council contests in England.Sir Ed was a passenger as the tractor was used to smash down a stack of hay bales painted Tory blue at the pre-election stunt in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.The Lib Dem leader told the PA news agency that Tory voters felt "betrayed"