What a melt! Lib Dem’s Ed Davey laps up a yellow ice cream on seaside trip as second day of the election campaign sees party leaders engage in photo op one-upmanship with Rishi donning googles in factory visit and Keir visiting builders’ merchant [Video]

10:37 EDT 24 May 2024, updated 15:00 EDT 24 May 2024

Sir Ed Davey made the most of his seaside trip today by lapping up an ice cream while hitting the general election campaign trail in Eastbourne.

The Liberal Democrat leader made, and then ate, the frozen treat as he teamed up with local candidate Josh Babarinde and party supporters in the East Sussex town.

Eastbourne is among a string of ‘Blue Wall’ seats the Lib Dems are targeting on 4 July.

The party came second behind Conservative MP Caroline Ansell by more than 4,000 votes in the coastal constituency at the last general election in 2019. 

Sir Ed said: ‘Everybody knows now that if you want to beat the Conservatives, you vote Liberal Democrat.

‘We are determined to beat as many Conservative MPs as we possibly can.’

Sir Ed’s posing with an ice cream came as party leaders of all colours engaged in photo op one-upmanship on the …