Lee Anderson calls on Ed Davey to resign over PO scandal
A damning new poll has rocked the Liberal Democrats after leader Sir Ed Davey was slammed over his role in the Post Office scandal.
Ipsos Mori polled 1,003 adults from January 17-23 this year - and found a huge fall in support for England's third-largest party in Parliament.
The party has plummeted from 13 percent support to just seven, down by six points since December.
Meanwhile, Labour has risen eight points to 49 percent support, with the Tories on 27 percent - down three points.
The poll also proves an outlier on Reform UK support, with Richard Tice’s party registering just four percent backing with the public.
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Sir Ed Davey faced demands to quit following the Post Office scandal (Image: Getty)
The Lib Dem result is damning and suggests Sir Ed Davey’s involvement with the Post Office scandal has damaged his party’s standing.
Sir Ed served as minister for postal affairs in the coalition government from 2010-12. He faced calls to resign after he said he “deeply regretted” failing to help the sub-postmasters wrongly accused of stealing from their branches.
He received further criticism after a sub-postmaster in his own south London constituency revealed he tried three times to get in touch with Sir Ed - but “every time he was turned away, refused or ignored”.
Sir Ed was later accused of going missing in action from the House of Commons after failing to turn up for a number of debates and sessions of Prime Minister's Questions.
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Lee Anderson demanded that Sir Ed Davey resign over the Post Office scandal (Image: Parliament Live)
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A sub-postmistress has now decided to stand against the Lib Dem leader in Kingston and Surbiton, pledging to “put honesty and integrity back into this election”.
The Lib Dems have subsequently said Sir Ed’s heart “goes out to the families caught up in this scandal and his focus is on getting justice and compensation for those impacted”.
"He bitterly regrets that the Post Office was not honest with him at the time and will fully co-operate with the inquiry to get to the bottom of what went wrong."
A poll of Express readers was overwhelming, with 97 percent of respondents saying Sir Ed should resign.
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Mr Anderson, a former deputy chairman of the Tory party, used PMQs to also demand Sir Ed’s resignation.
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He pointed out that during the scandal, Sir Ed was the minister in charge of the Post Office.
He said: "This is the same Liberal Democrat leader who in the past has called for the resignation of over 30 prominent people in this country who have made mistakes in their jobs.
"So does the Prime Minister agree with me that the leader of the Lib Dems should take his own advice, and start by clearing his desk, clearing his diary and clear off?"
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