Davey said: “It’s still quite a hill to climb, primarily because the Tories are doing quite well in the polls nationally. In the 2019 general election, the Lib Dems and Greens, as well as Plaid Cymru, stood aside for each other in about 60 seats in England and Wales. Local sources from the Lib Dems and Greens said there was not even any discussions over a pact, amid generally tepid and sometimes suspicious relations between the two parties. The Lib Dems selected their candidate at the start of May. The Lib Dems, and previously the Liberals, have almost always finished second in Chesham and Amersham – although Labour did this in 2017 – and took control of Amersham town council for the first time in the local elections.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2021 06:00 UTC