lucy fisher, enemy or an ally on the right. lucy fisher. thank _ enemy or an ally on the right.much indeed. a reminder, nick's interview with rishi sunak will be broadcast tonight on panorama at 8 o'clock, on bbc one, here on bbc news and on iplayer. sir ed davey launched the liberal democrats' election manifesto today — the first of the main parties to put their pledges on paper. he promised if the lib dems were elected that everyone in england would be entitled to free at—home personal care, the two—child benefit cap would be lifted, and people in england would have the right to see a gp within seven days, or 2a hours if urgent. our deputy political editor vicki young was at the manifesto launch. the ups and downs of being a lib dem leader. sir ed davey was once a cabinet minister, but plunging popularity after being in coalition with the tories left the lib dems in decline. now he's hoping to turn things around. his plan is to recruit more gps and increase wages for care workers, paid for by raising taxes on banks and social media companies. after years of conservative chaos

deserve. joining me now is our election panel , ed campbell, senior producer at politicste, and lucy fisherway for the party to turn these pools around? with less than three weeks until — pools around? with less than three weeks until voters _ pools around? with less than three weeks until voters head _ pools around? with less than three weeks until voters head to - pools around? with less than three weeks until voters head to the - pools around? with less than three | weeks until voters head to the polls on july the 4th, weeks until voters head to the polls onjuly the 4th, it is really impossible to see what kind of miracle rishi sunak could pull off in order to form a majority after the election. that is why we have heard in the past ten days, first in adverts put out by the conservative party on social media, and then in the kind of language deployed by grant shapps, the defence secretary, and other conservative ministers, this suggestion that one reason to vote conservative is to ensure that it is a strong opposition to labour and tried to stop keir starmer having what grant shapps call

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and this is to according lucy fisher, who's been talking to people within the party.trying to win, they're all recruiting aides and preparing for, you know, who could ultimately be the two who end up on the ballot paper? >> well, i mean , first of all, >> well, i mean, first of all, it's interesting. the financial times of all papers has led with a very, very overtly political story, like this tory hopefuls jockey for position. but secondly, i think, you know, we come back to the previous discussion in the last hour, you can almost feel sorry for rishi sunak because everybody else is conspiring around him to replace him. they all assume he's lost. they all assume he lost, had resigned as prime minister and therefore leader of the party after the election. and they're all jockeying for position. but of course, the reality is that while they're doing that, they're not campaigning, they're not trying to get votes for them for the party. they're looking after number one. and the joke , after number one. and the joke, of course, is that these people who are conspiring may