Ed Davey screams message to voters as he bungee jumps in election stunt
Sir Ed Davey urged voters to take a “leap of faith” and back his party as he took part in a bungee jump stunt on the campaign trail.
As the election campaign enters its final days, the Liberal Democrat leader could be heard shouting, “Do something you’ve never done before – vote Liberal Democrat,” as he flung himself from the crane platform at a football ground in Eastbourne, East Sussex. An onlooker could be heard saying: “Is there anything he won’t do” as he seeks an election poll bounce for the Lib Dems.
Sir Ed’s campaign has been filled with eye-catching stunts as the Liberal Democrats battle for airtime against Labour, the Tories and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. He has been photographed paddle boarding, riding rollercoasters, going down waterslides, playing tennis and dancing on the campaign trail, in a bid to grab media coverage and to catch the eyes of fed-up voters.
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Sir Ed has said the stunts are meant to be brighten up the election campaign but they have a serious message. When he went paddle boarding in Lake Windermere, he was making a point about sewage polluting Britain’s waterways.
Speaking after his bungee jump, Sir Ed said: “To get the change our country needs this week and beat the Conservatives in scores of seats, I am asking people to take a leap of faith and vote for the Liberal Democrats.
“A lot of people are on the cusp of doing something they’ve never done before on Thursday and voting for the Liberal Democrats, so I decided to do something I’ve never done before too. Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to fix the NHS and care, end the sewage scandal and tackle the cost of living crisis.”
The Lib Dems have been throwing their resources at the so-called Blue Wall – Tory heartland seats in the south of England – where they are increasingly confident they can make gains. The party set its sights on constituencies here it came second in 2019, and have been emboldened by discontent among Conservative voters.
