Lib Dems launch Tory Removal Service van to move Rishi Sunak out of No10 by May

03 January 2024 , 14:40

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Lib Dems launch Tory Removal Service van to move Rishi Sunak out of No10 by May

The Liberal Democrats today launched a "Tory Removal Service" van as part of their election campaign to force Rishi Sunak out of No10.

The party has demanded the PM launch a general election for May rather than "clinging on to power". Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey drove a poster van advertising "Ed Davey’s Tory Removals" through Surrey, to "send the movers into Number 10 and get rid of this out-of-touch Conservative Government”.

The poster describes the Lib Dems as the “Blue Wall’s Premium Conservative MP unseating service”, with services including repairing NHS waiting times, ending raw sewage discharges and tackling the cost of living crisis.

The Lib Dems are tabling a Bill to bring back the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, which would automatically force a General Election on May 2 this year. The party is challenging Mr Sunak to back the change, warning that the only reason he would reject it is he knows he’s going to lose. Mr Davey announced the plan as he addressed Lib Dem campaigners, activists and the party’s local parliamentary candidate Zöe Franklin.

Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey drove a poster van advertising 'Ed Davey’s Tory Removals'

Following the rally in Guildford, Mr Davey went campaigning in Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove’s Surrey constituencies. At the local elections last May, the Lib Dems took control of Michael Gove’s local Surrey Heath Council and overtook the Conservatives to become the biggest party on Waverley Borough Council, in Jeremy Hunt’s constituency.

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Mr Davey said: “The Liberal Democrats are the leading Conservative MP removal service in the Blue Wall and beyond. Four historic by-election wins and sweeping gains in last May’s local elections show that voters across the country are turning to us for change. People are fed up with waiting for promised hospitals that are never built, an end to sewage being dumped in our rivers and real action on the cost of living.

“It shouldn’t be up to Rishi Sunak to cling on for another twelve months, desperately hoping for something to turn up and causing even more damage as he tries to keep his fractured party behind him. That’s why we're tabling a law to force a General election in May, so we can send the movers into Number 10 and get rid of this out-of-touch Conservative Government.”

Sophie Huskisson