The Liberal Democrats are the only remaining block against “the forces of darkness” led by Nigel Farage, Ed Davey has told his party’s annual conference in a speech that repeatedly and at times personally took aim at the Reform UK leader. A Reform source denied it was party policy, calling the Lib Dems “an irrelevant laughing stock”. But a large section was focused on Farage, with Davey arguing it was the Lib Dems’ responsibility to stop what he called “the forces of darkness” of Reform and Trump. He added: “There’s a question Nigel Farage is fond of asking. Nigel Farage is on the side of Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.