{"id":1467,"date":"2024-01-10T13:02:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/lib-dem-mps-told-what-to-say-about-sir-ed-davey-post-office-role\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T13:02:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:02:15","slug":"lib-dem-mps-told-what-to-say-about-sir-ed-davey-post-office-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/lib-dem-mps-told-what-to-say-about-sir-ed-davey-post-office-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Lib Dem MPs told what to say about Sir Ed Davey Post Office role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lib Dem MPs told what to say about Sir Ed Davey Post Office role<\/p>\n

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By Henry Zeffman<\/div>\n
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Liberal Democrat MPs have been given a standard letter to send to constituents asking about Sir Ed Davey’s role in the Post Office scandal.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Lib Dem leader has been under pressure since it emerged he initially refused to meet campaigner Alan Bates when he was a minister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He says he “deeply regrets not realising that the Post Office was lying to him”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The BBC has seen a draft response to emails about the issue. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The document says that “if asked about Ed’s role”, Lib Dem MPs should reply by stressing that “the scandal took place over many years from 1999, during which time different governments and ministers from all parties were in post.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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