The bungee-jumping Lib Dem leader could be just the man to reinvigorate a genre beset by cynicism and creative inertia
Is the world ready for Ed Davey in a Christmas jumper, putting up tinsel with choristers, alongside violinists in reindeer antlers? The Liberal Democrat leader has joined the Bath Philharmonia to produce a Christmas charity single, Love Is Enough, in what appears to be a first for a main political party leader.
Written by young carers and former carers, the song is in aid of Carers Trust and the Bath Philharmonia (as a teenager, Davey nursed his mother when she had terminal cancer). Some might think, with all that bungee-jumping and paddleboarding in the run-up to the general election, we’ve already seen quite enough of “cuddly Ed” in 2024.
