Sir Ed Davey has described the Liberal Democrats as the "antidote to right-wing populism".The Lib Dem leader said Reform UK wants to "lick the boots of Donald Trump" as he answered questions from members at the party's spring conference in Harrogate.Sir Ed said "we shouldn't be complacent" about Nigel Farage and "the things he says, how he divides people", which is "anathema to us".He added: "Essentially, my argument is that we are the antidote to right-wing populism. Liberalism is the antidote.

Sir Ed Davey has described the Liberal Democrats as the "antidote to right-wing populism".The Lib Dem leader said Reform UK wants to "lick the boots of Donald Trump" as he answered questions from members at the party's spring conference in Harrogate.Sir Ed said "we shouldn't be complacent" about Nigel Farage and "the things he says, how he divides people", which is "anathema to us".He added: "Essentially, my argument is that we are the antidote to right-wing populism. Liberalism is the antidote."It's the opposite of ... people like Trump and Farage and his ilk, whether it's Marine Le Pen or the AfD in Germany or Orban in Hungary, the whole cabal of them."