Ed Davey told Sky News the Lib Dems will discuss how they will "stop the boats" at conferenceSky News declared yesterday that Ed Davey’s Lib Dems have ‘toughen[ed] up’ their rhetoric and stance on immigration. Yesterday, Ed Davey told Sky News the Lib Dems will discuss how they will “stop the boats” at conference, with the political reporter writing that he had “hardened his tone on the subject”. Lib Dems would not use ID to tackle immigrationOn Labour’s plan to introduce digital ID cards, which they say will help tackle “illegal immigration”, Smart said the Lib Dems “would not countenance mandatory ID”. The Lib Dems’ asylum policy may not be aimed at “toughen[ing] up” on immigration. But ultimately on a policy level there are nothing alike and there has been no dramatic shift to the right in the Lib Dems’ stance, as the media might like to suggest.