Ed Davey faces 'toxic culture war row' as Lib Dems to debate 'trans women are women' motion

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WATCH: Ed Davey denies Lib Dems are 'sleepwalking into irrelevance' in tense GB News clash.

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Sir Ed Davey has refuted comments made by a Liberal Democrat councillor, who said the party is "lacking ambition" and "lacking courage".The comments were made by leader of Devon County Council, Julian Brazil during the Lib Dem conference.Speaking to GB News, Sir Ed said: "Well, when the party has grown as fast and as well as it has in recent years, with our record number of MPs and our huge number of councillors, you are not going to please everyone all the time and it is interesting."Those comments are from the Devon councillor.

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We've now got more MPs in Devon than we've had since the 1920s."We're running more councils than we have for many many years, with lots of councillors."He added: "The strategy we have got is actually very popular amongst the vast majority of conference delegates, and we are making our points about how we are going to help people with the cost of living."We're going to cut their taxes."WATCH ABOVE.

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Ed Davey faces 'toxic culture war row' as Lib Dems to debate 'trans women are women' motion.

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Sir Ed Davey has been left facing a "toxic culture war row" as Liberal Democrat members prepare to debate whether "trans women are women".

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Conference season in Brighton is now at risk of being overshadowed by the row as members look set to vote on motions pushing for more "inclusive" rules on single-sex spaces today.The vote will take place after an emergency motion, which is also pushing the party to back the stance "trans women are women", was selected by Liberal Democrat members.

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However, the party's sex-based activist group Liberal Voice for Women warned the policy would be nodded through ahead of the vote taking place at 5.10pm.

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This motion will absolutely take us backwards, back into the culture wars, back into the toxic debate, and a completely unnecessary backward step."Ms Hollowood added: "The room's going...

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A: Sir Ed Davey has refuted comments made by a Liberal Democrat councillor, who said the party is "lacking ambition" and "lacking courage".The comments were made by leader of Devon County Council, Julian Brazil during the Lib Dem conference.Speaking to GB News, Sir Ed said: "Well, when the party has grown as fast and as well as it has in recent years, with our record number of MPs and our huge number of councillors, you are not going to please everyone all the time and it is interesting."Those comments are from the Devon councillor.

B: Sir Ed Davey has been left facing a "toxic culture war row" as Liberal Democrat members prepare to debate whether "trans women are women".