Ed for heights: Lib Dem leader Davey’s campaign stunts – in pictures
The Liberal Democrat leader’s attention-grabbing campaign appears to be getting more challenging as election day nears
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When Ed Davey launched the Lib Dem election campaign on 26 May in Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, few could have guessed what feats lay ahead
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Two days later, Davey was pictured falling off a paddleboard a number of times on Lake Windermere, where he was highlighting the sewage crisis
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His attention-grabbing antics continue as he hurtles down a hill on a bicycle in Knighton, Wales
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The stunt-filled theme of his campaign is firmly established as Davey rides the Ultimate Slip N Slide attraction near Frome, Somerset, on 30 May
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Davey enjoys some less high-octane action on 31 May making cake mix while visiting a school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire
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Washing an ambulance during a visit to Wimbledon, south-west London, on 24 June
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Davey is fair game for another stunt, with blue Jenga-type bricks signifying the fall of the Tory party’s ‘blue wall’ at Bramall Hall in Stockport
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A Lib Dem candidate, Lee Dillon, looks less sure of his tennis skills than a smiling Davey in Newbury, Berkshire
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No shirking for Davey as he rides in the front of the Colossus rollercoaster at Thorpe Park amusement park in Chertsey, Surrey
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More fun at Thorpe Park
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Taking the plunge at the Spot-On Wake Aqua Jungle at Wootton Park in Stratford-upon-Avon, to again highlight the sewage crisis
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Davey trips over a stepping tyre obstacle but cannot be stopped as he participates in an assault course at Arena Pursuits outdoor centre in Flimwell, Kent
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Lib Dem candidate Caroline Voaden joins Davey to make sandcastles at Broadsands beach in Paignton, Devon
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Davey carries the Lib Dem election hopes in his hands as he races wheelbarrows in Yeovil, Somerset
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Frisbee is next on the to-do list during a visit to Fair Oak in Hampshire
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A spot of gardening at Whinfell Quarry Gardens in Sheffield
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Another day, another water-borne adventure: Davey campaigning in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
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Davey discovers he can do more than fall off paddleboards, as he takes part in a yoga session in Streatley, Berkshire
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Davey trying his hand at archery in Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire. His ultimate target is electoral success
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Davey looks a natural as he hula hoops with the party’s Scottish leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton, in Edinburgh
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The intrepid Lib Dem leader joined a water aerobics class at Sandford Parks lido in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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Showing no signs of flagging during a Zumba class in Wokingham, Berkshire, on Monday [• This caption was amended on 2 July 2024; an earlier version said Wokingham was in Surrey.]
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He asks voters to take a ‘leap of faith’ in the Lib Dems while bungee jumping in Eastbourne on Monday
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