Ed's story
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- Caring isn't just Ed's story, it's the story of millions, caring for each other, dealing with tough times, and keeping going with love.
The Liberal Democrats will be the voice of carers every day, fighting their corner in Parliament.
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I met him briefly last week, he is a thoroughly nice man, a really decent chap, he was very gracious and generous with his time. We need more people like Ed Davey in Politics.
He doesn’t seem that nice in reality when the government he was part of was waging war against people with disabilities 2010-2015
Being a decent chap sadly doesn’t equate to competence. Read up on how he dealt with the Horizon IT scandal when a junior minister… doesn’t bode well
Ed's Story is that he took a knighthood as a reward for putting the Tories in power. He's now using his family to make himself look more human. The problem with politics is too many people like Ed Davey and the sooner he is out of it the better.
@@almac8524 btw, listen to the excellent Radio 4 podcast into the scandal if you have time to listen to all of it beyond being able to read headlines in a large font in the Mail. Ed Davey barely mentioned, if at all. Even Private Eye go light on him
Shame he wasn’t so generous with his time when it came to meeting the postmasters
Ed is just your normal bloke, your average Notts fella that's grown up the same way 99% of us have! People need to realise there's more options than just Tory or labour! Wake up people, pets use our vote to make a difference, let's disrupt the norm and show we want more than what the big 2 are offering!
I've never heard him say duck once. Sir Ed has a knighthood for putting the Tories in power.
Pets can't vote I'm afraid
You're kidding, right? 99% of us do not go to private school and then read PPE at Oxford.
@@JoshuaMSP1995 but surely everyone has the right to go to Oxford and study what they want
@@keefedonk 99% of people dont go to private schools and then to Oxford. He is firmly out of the 99%, it doesn't make him bad person but he's also nothing like "your average bloke"
A very decent good man who has a lot to give our country. Hope he and Liberal Democrats do well this general election 😊
And go into coalition with the Tories?
@@jean-lucpicard5510That's never happening
@@jean-lucpicard5510you are a Tory mouthpiece
This is absolutely fantastically honest and open. The best thing the Lib Dem’s have ever done. I’m a father of a disabled daughter (she is autistic). I remember the huge amount of time we played silly games etc etc etc to help her. This speaks volumes about the dedication and unseen commitment people make across the country for the people they care for and the lack of understanding there is about this
Thank you for sharing your story
As the aunty of a disabled child, I fully agree, @oystercatcher 943. Sir Ed reminds me so much of my brother and I am so grateful he has shared his very personal experience.
I work with them they are a waste of tax payers money, pulling the plug on these mentals first thing i would do if i was Prime Minister.
I gave up my job as a teaching assistant in a autism resource base because the pay at £60 a day wasn't keeping up. I remember ofsted coming and we played the game we always play - supermarket checkout. Fill up your basket, take it to the shopkeeper, and if you say hello, I might even make a special quack noise as the cashier. It was so rewarding, but bills are bills.
@@louiseburke8012 Sorry to hear it. All too familiar. Working with autistic people is difficult, needs real skill, empathy, understanding and patience. It should not be a low paid job. Hope you found something rewarding
Brilliant. I wholly support this message. Voted Lib Dem several times historically. Under a different system, you'd have my backing. You're always in consideration.
Im not a LD supporter but found this very moving. A timely reminder that politicians are human beings and should not be demonised when their views differ from yours. Ed’s so right when he says that caring for a loved one can be a deeply enriching experience even though it’s tough. ❤
Similar position to yourself, on a personal level he is the one I respect the most just because of how much he has been through.
Putting the Tories in power can be a deeply enriching experience, too.
@@clivet3252I think there's very little chance of that at this election. Hopefully the Lib Dems become the opposition
@@randomdaveUK that was what people thought in 2010. If they end up propping up Starmer then it would be just as bad.
Absolutely agree, but additionally politicians should not be demonstrating ordinary folk or opposition candidates for their differing views either. They need to lead by example.
Comes across as a decent and sincere person, I wish them all well.
Really moving, it is likely that all of us at some point will be a carer, or cared for by somebody. It's so crucial that we had Ed standing up for us, and highlighting both the beauty of caring for somebody, but also the challenges it faces.
He's never stood up for anybody in his life. He put the Tories in power.
I’m not an LD supporter by any stretch and never have been but this is incredible. So moving and so tastefully done. So sorry to hear about Sir Ed’s parents I can’t even imagine what that would have been like.
Thank you so much for bringing humanity, love, courage and truth back to politics. You are the kind of politician I want to vote for.
Full of love and tenderness. Absolutely incredible. I am in bits.
Yeah i pissed myself laughing tot specially about the birth defect son.
Such a loving and tender father ❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you for sharing I know first hand how difficult but also very rewarding it is to care for a child with disabilities ❤ God bless you ❤️🙏🏻❤️
We're you blessing the cuts he was responsible for in 2010?
@@clivet3252 He wasn't. The Tories wanted to make far more cuts, but the Lib Dems stopped them.
@@MrHistorian123 oh please. That old line. They put them in power and all got knighthoods!
@clivet3252 I don't understand why the Lib Dems get so much vitrol for Tory policies. A coalition government requires compromise for which the Lib Dems have paid a heavy price.
Voted Liberal Democrats today. Thank You Ed & Team.
Hope he ends up as leader of the opposition at the very least
A moving and honest political broadcast. As a party which can struggle to get airtime, their campaign and tactics have been well thought through. A mix of whacky, thoughtfulness and honesty. I really hope the Lib Dems do well and regain their standing as a powerful party in the UK.
I'm a Labour voter but Ed always comes across as very thoughtful and considerate person.
Mad respect for Ed Davey, it just shows what a caring person he is and as I and others know what hard work that is with little help from the government, it's good to see a politician sharing their personal story, thanks and wish you and the Liberal Democrats all the best in the election and become the official operation
Ah absolutely beautiful and touching. What a great and compassionate soul.
Thank you for sharing your story. ❤
I would love to meet him. Definitely 💯 agree with him and his party has my vote
As a carer and full time worker he gets my vote 🗳
Ed your mother was such a beauty! Lovely to see you tell us about your family.
What a story, what a family man.
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I'd love to see more videos like this focused on the whole Lib Dem team! They have a great leader in Ed, and there's so many other caring and worthy LD individuals who I'd love to know more about.
Well done Ed. You are a genuine politician and deserve for your party to succeed in routing the self serving Tories across the country
Sir Ed has a knighthood for putting the Tories in power.
I always say that I'm not interested in personalities, it's policy that is important to me. But as a disabled person whose family collapsed, I can't deny how valuable this experience feels to me in a politician.
Wasn't that valuable to him in 2010
I fully agree with this viewpoint
May not agree with him politically but he seems like a nice and genuine person. I'd gladly meet this guy
He looks like a very pleasant man to be around. I’m not British, but this is a man I would be happy to vote for if I lived in the UK.
Ed Davey’s mum was Beautiful
He has his mum’s smile
RIP
I live and work in his constituency. Via work I've met him, he's a good man. I hear a lot of locals call him that. I never EVER thought I'd say I'd vote Lib Dem (usually one of those awful far left lot). But he's good for my area and community so...yep. He has my vote.
Ugh, that was beautiful
Is that sarcasm
Ed Davey is one of the Beautiful People
I have so much respect and admiration for him
He's vile
@@clivet3252 Not 1% as vile as you.
Ed Davey does come across as a really genuine, caring man. I also know what it’s like to help care for a family member with severe disabilities and it gives me confidence that Ed is giving absolutely everything to make vulnerable people’s lives easier.
He didn't in 2010. He's a slime ball.
He’s a crook , you people are so deluded
@@NarrowspliceTory, labour or reform don't care for the disabled.
@@The-Bloat12 & Lib Dem’s do 😂
Hopefully get to meet you in the rescheduled ALDC. Would love to pick your brains.
Well done on the campaign - definitely a breath of fresh air.
Decent man. Very moving. Thank you for sharing.
A Lovely Real man. LD's the only party to mention care and really focus on the NHS out of all. Great stuff.
Thanks for sharing your story, Ed. I think it is really moving and so glad the comms team have changed tack from falling off paddleboards etc! I thought that made Ed look like a bit of a joke which he definitely isn't!
I wouldn't say it made him look like "a joke". It just made him look like a person who enjoys larking about sometimes. And that's not a bad thing in moderation. A person can be serious with a humorous tone. And vice verse, a person can be disingenuous in a solemn tone.
@@andybrice2711larking about like pretending he was never part of the coalition?
@@clivet3252 That comment barely makes sense. It may be a fair criticism. But I fail to see how the phrase "larking about" is connected to coalition politics.
@@andybrice2711 I was being facetious
Aww I really like Ed Davey, in my heart of hearts I am a Liberal Democrat it’s where my beliefs are best represented but in this election unfortunately I have to vote labour because of where i live and I’m frightened of letting the conservatives back in
A very honest politician. Something this country needs. I like that the Lib Dems are focussing on 60 odd seats, it makes sense, targeting. Forecast to win 45+ which is a great. Won't be too far behind the collapsing Tories.
He's one of the least honest politicians in history.
@@clivet3252 oh my...
@@powderedground78 it's true
@@clivet3252 No, it isn't.
What a lovely man. We could do with a few more like him in public life.
🧡Have always loved the libbdems as a carer, will vote for them
Although I’ll be voting Labour, I genuinely wish Ed and the Lib Dems the best of luck.
A properly decent party with some great policies, led by a decent man.
I’m Cuban-American and have no attachment to the UK, but this video is astoundingly powerful.
So moving. Thank you for fighting for carers.
Really beautiful, Ed.
Such an important issue affecting so many people, which hasn't been addressed at all by any of the other candidates.
There is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest you allow the Fourth of July to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me, and vote them out of Parliament, and together we shall give them a Fourth of July that shall never, ever, be forgot.
So true
I’m with you all the way, looking forward to it.
Oh shit, ohhhhhhh shit, the application is just too unreal for me to have forgotten this speech
I mean, let's not forget it is still one of the most free and fair countries in global history. So we are doing some things right. But inequality currently seems to be heading in the wrong direction.
Never forget that Ed is Sir Ed because he put the Tories in power.
Looking out for his child with disabilities... He gets my respect and vote.
I didn't vote for you but I have to congratulate you on a brilliant entertaining campaign that always had a point. You are a genuine real person who has lived a real life and been moulded by it. Your dear mum would be extremely proud of you.
I'm voting for you Ed, I belive your support for the trans community is most important to me. Sorry to hear story about your mum. Take care 🙂
❤. So refreshing to see something so honest and about something that really matters.
I have just watched this on the back of the Rob Burrows documentary... I am now emotionally drained ❤
I think Ed would make 10x a better leader of opposition than anything the Tories have to offer.
I will be proud to vote for the party led by this man on 4 July. Plus they are the most likely to beat the Tories here in this (previously) Tory safe seat - so win/win.
They put the Tories in power!
Had the pleasure of meeting him at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.
He paid postmen to shit on a glass table that he was underneath .
I've met him a few times, before he became Lib Dem leader. He was generous with his time, listened and came over as really genuine.
Great work recognising carers everywhere. This isn’t a film about Ed Davey it’s about every silent carer who work tirelessly everyday.
A good man. I am the father of a young lady who has Down Syndrome. My wife and I are worried about what will happen if we go before her. She is our world.She had open heart surgery when she was 3 and now has a pacemaker. She is bright and beautiful but very vulnerable. It’s hard looking after a vulnerable person and my wife and I don’t have a very good support network, it’s mum dad and our daughter. I work full time and my wife works part time and we work our responsibilities around our shifts. Our daughter is now 22 and she goes to provision for two days and a SEN college for two days and has a day at home. It’s is challenging but it we love and cherish her but we do worry for the future.
Love from Canada.
I think in our area, despite the surrounding town used to be Tory, but our village Lib Dem, thanks God. I believe you have a winning ticket there and I really hope you gain more seats than in the previous election! Wish the best of you and your loved ones!
Thank you, just thank you
Great video. Happy to have you for Eastbourne even though I voted green
Thanks for this video Ed. I’m torn between Labour and Lib Dem’s at present and would like to hear what sets you apart from Labour.
Do you want more of an ideological answer or a specific policies answer?
Tactical voting is the way to go. Vote for whichever candidate in your constituency is going to keep the Tories out.
@@rafaeljames331 a bit of both if you can please.
@@elizabethneedham1731the last time that happened Ed and the Lib Dems put the Tories in
@@elizabethneedham1731 so stupid why is this politics
I found this very moving. His words are straight from
The heart
I'm not a Liberal Democrat supporter though I do like many of their left leaning/liberalish policies, and I found Ed Davey very refreshing and their manifesto just on the NHS and expanding it in terms of mental health and dental and making sure social care workers are given a living wage and tackling the giant corporations, I'm glad they made the huge gains they did and i hope along with the Greens they attack the ruling Labour Party which is Pepsi to the coca cola/mc Donalds known as the Conservative Party. this was incredibly moving and here's hoping the left faction of Lib-Dems and Labour work with another to lobby for social justice and more.
He's got my vote. We need far more people like Ed Davey in Politics and far fewer like Sunak, Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Farage and Starmer.
I won't be voting for Starmer, but he doesn't deserve a place on that list.
@@flyingacedude He's not in the same league as the others, but he's as two-faced as the town hall clock. I don't believe a word he says.
@@flyingacedude Starmer is the only one worse than Ed Davey
like Tory is any better... They're all the same. @@clivet3252
@@clivet3252 So you prefer Sunak, Johnson, Rees-Mogg and Farage, yet you keep attacking Davey's role in the coalition.
Sounds like you are a Tory troll.
Nice fella. Anyone who hasn't listened to his interview on Leading should do so.
Sir Ed is the most caring, kind,
Compassionate and honest politician I have ever known since I first got interested in politics in the 1960s Given a chance he would make the best Prime Minister ever ❤🔶
Really shows how Ed does it because he cares not for himself or his career but for the British people.
Lol
Is that Sir Ed with a knighthood for putting the Tories in power?
I think Ed might be the only actual human being on the leadership ballot. Nobody else seems comfortable showing their whole self.
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It is great that they are using this election campaign to shine a light on such important issues. As a carer myself, it is nice to feel represented and included. To feel appreciated for the role we play in society - as opposed to the carer's allowance scandal that is currently being investigated. Martin Lewis directly asked Jeremy Hunt about it and he dodged the question and started talking about child benefit. I don't know where the Tory party got the idea that they could just answer any difficult question with something unrelated, I'm so exhausted by it, I hope the results of this election campaign show them, and all politicians that we are not idiots and we can see right through that tactic - especially when it has been used ad nauseum.
Really touching and heartfelt ❤
Seems like a very kind man
I think you're probably right. Though I'd argue that to be a good leader you need to balance kindness with pragmatic effectiveness and the ability to take tough decisions. I'm not sure if the Lib Dems have enough of that tough pragmatism.
I’ve worked with Ed in government. He’s not only a really good man but an honest, sincere and a hard working one. I won’t be voting for him for policy reasons but if you’re on the fence between him and similar manifestos then you wouldn’t be wrong in trusting him, because unlike almost all of the rest, his intentions truly are good. All the best Ed may all the haribo fried eggs be yours 😉
What’s wrong with his policy?
@@kadenmarsay3276 personal politics mostly
Clearly a very kind, principled man. Good luck to him.
He's the opposite
Very moving. Won't be voting lib dem as our constituency is a clear labour Tory battle but ed seems like a thoroughly decent chap.
A truly caring man
Very moving. I think a mark of any society is how it looks after its people. The cynic in me thinks we’ve become more uncaring and more narcissistic, but I know there are lots of people out there who just quietly get on with helping others.
A lovely man,a great leader in our party
As a support worker. I enjoy seeinghim with his son. Its the sort if games i donwith my service users
Looking after these mentals is a waste of tax payers money and a meaningless job.
@@rogermoore-gd9do 👀👀
Dayum. What's your solution
@@oldomen3788 Zyklon B
@@rogermoore-gd9do why?
@@rogermoore-gd9do do you have a good argument for, what I assume you are saying is to kill mentals?
i am up in glasgow. so it’s a choice between labour and the snp.
best of luck to the lib dems in the south. i hope the blue wall is destroyed.
ed. you are an inspirational man.
Great pr and seems like a really nice sincere bloke brilliant video nice to get a back story to politicians life
Skin in the game is so important in driving good policy. Ed just went up in my ratings, might go Lib Dem if the manifesto looks good
A special man Ed.
The postmasters will tell a different story.
Ed is a caring person and a nice bloke
Everyone is saying, "we want change".
Well here are your options, people
1. Sunak - Investment Banker
2. Starmer - Barrister
3. Farage - City of London stockbroker,
4. Davey - economic researcher and Carer
5. Denyer - Green Energy professional
2 of these are not like the others.
Put your money where you mouth is. If you want actual change, vote for something different
My first time voting and it'll be LibDem
An absolute legend
Seems like the only politician who is actually human
Didn’t vote Lib Dem but goodness it’s lovely to hear a politician talk about love.
moving portrayal from Ed of his motivation to improve care, deeply rooted in his personal experience. I’m proud to have him as leader of the Lib Dems
“Nobody will be able to care for our son like we do”. No other party has been so clear on the need to create a fit for purpose national approach to care and support of carers. You will either need care in your life, or be a carer, or both.
how amazing it is to have a political leader who has actually knows what carers are actually up against, with this personal experience he has the knowledge to know what government can practically do to help, no ideology but proper solid practical help
Congratulations 🎊
Johnson, Trust, Braverman, Mogg..... compare and contrast. Very moving. We need more real people in politics and a lot fewer public schoolboys without a shadow of a clue.
Fabulous video - my dream would be that in every constituency where the Lib Dems were second last time to Tories the other progressive parties lend them their votes so that selfish toryism is defeated.
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Maybe it explains his more “fun” campaign events, being relatable and interesting onscreen
in an election that feels frankly at this point what shade of tory would you like its nice to see a party trying to reform their image and offer a realistic opposition to what is going to be (in all likelyhood) a starmer supramajority, im still on the fence about who i will vote for in this one, its certainly not gonna be blue (not even once kids) nor shall it be starmers go with the tide mess, LD may have me one over lads, time will tell
Good on you, Ed.