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See inside the After the Tories edition
![In one of his pre-election stunts, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey performs a bungee jump during a visit to Eastbourne Borough Football Club in East Sussex. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/PA Images](https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Davey.jpg)
Davey’s big swing
The Liberal Democrats’ 72-seat success is not just the product of cheesy stunts and a brilliant tactical voting operation – Ed Davey’s own story helped too
![Reform UK leader Nigel Farage meets residents in Clacton-on-Sea on July 4, 2024 as Britain goes to the polls. Photo: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty](https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Clacton1.jpg)
Fear and loathing in Farage’s Clacton
Nigel Farage is finally an MP – but is the Reform leader now heading into the Westminster spotlight – or into irrelevance?