Ed Davey rules out a Remain alliance if he becomes Lib Dem leader

Pact would compromise the party and reduce clarity of its message. Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful Ed Davey has ruled out forming any kind of pact with other Remain parties and independent MPs who want the UK to stay in the EU, saying they must join his party and try to influence it from within. The former cabinet minister said the Lib Dems had proved their strength in the recent local and European elections, and that any formal pact would compromise the party and reduce the clarity of its m