Ed Davey

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Sir Edward Jonathan Davey MP FRSA (born 25 December 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston and Surbiton since the 2017 general election,[1] having previously been MP for the constituency from 1997 to 2015.[2]


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  • Aug.30.2018: We were wrong to go along with Tories on immigration – senior Lib Dem. Ed Davey says party will campaign to reverse income threshold – ‘one of the worst coalition decisions’. proposes taking away immigration policy from the Home Office’s remit, and instead dividing the brief between departments. The party would abolish the net migration target of 100,000, set under the coalition. Jessica Elgot, The Guardian.
  • Jan.26.2017: Free tickets for the gravy train: Whitehall committee that NEVER says no to ministers cashing in. Last year the Mail revealed that around 66% of the ministers and officials are working in the very sectors they used to regulate while in govt. Records kept by the official appointments watchdog ACOBA show that since 2008 it has dealt with 371 individuals. Of these, 247, took a job in the same sector. Not one application for clearance was turned down. Sir Ed Davey: old job: Energy Secretary who struck a nuclear deal with EDF; new job: Senior adviser to MHP Communications, a lobbying firm which has EDF as a client. Acoba itself is aware of the problem. Its chairman, Baroness Browning, told MPs last year that her committee was worried about the trend towards ex-ministers seeking employment in related sectors. She said the watchdog had neither ‘the resources nor the remit’ to make the significant changes required. Paul Flynn, a Labour MP on the Commons public administration committee, said: ‘It’s a deep-seated and growing scandal, where MPs are allowed to prostitute their insider knowledge to the highest bidder.’ Daniel Martin, The Mail Online.
  • Mar.18.2018: Tories’ position on Russia is ‘incoherent and inconsistent’. The Conservatives' position has long been incoherent and inconsistent. David Cameron agreed that Rosatom and develop an international consortium with Rolls-Royce. Even after Putin's annexation of Crimea, the PM clung on to the idea. By hitting Putin's energy industry with the EU Energy Security Strategy, we hit his ability to fund military and intelligence assets. Doing that via European policy gives the UK at least some protection for British interests such as BP and Shell — interests that are now super-exposed by Brexit. (See Comments) Ed Davey, The Times.