Devon County Council
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Sep 30, 2026
Fiona TaylorHOST
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Lesley GreeneGUEST
I'm paraphrasing that because we did do some research and looked at several other schemes locally and in Devon where Nicky Scott was doing his work with Devon County Council, and we came up with this idea.
Lesley GreeneGUEST
And the county council were very interesting because they said, "You can get waste credits-
Fiona TaylorHOST
Ah
Stephen GregoryCORRESPONDENT
Um, we've seen, you know, a, a, a complete failure to kind of capitalize on, uh, the, the struggles of the Labor Party, um, to kind of capture that sense of ground.
Stephen GregoryCORRESPONDENT
And this all came to a head, um, during conference with the, uh, extraordinary intervention of the leader of Devon County Council-
Bridget SmithGUEST
[laughs]
Stephen GregoryCORRESPONDENT
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Wallace CurrieHOST
So what does the farm itself look like?
Liz WarnerGUEST
So we are, uh, we're in Devon, um, yeah, Devon County Council, and we're in the Blackdown Hills, so we're sort of on the edge of the Blackdown Hills.
Liz WarnerGUEST
We are about 200 acres, so there's about 100 acres of arable and 100 acres of pasture.
Liz WarnerGUEST
Um, so we, we are into stewardship schemes and SFI, and we do a couple of other sort of more local schemes, um, around holding back water.
Miranda GreenPANELIST
There were definite sort of moments of the broadcasters being absolutely delighted to find some people who would slag off Ed Davies leadership.
Miranda GreenPANELIST
So there was a kind of there was a there's a man who I used to know because he was a co-staffer, you know, back in the 90s, who's now the leader of Devon, Devon County Council, which I believe is where where you are, Tim.
Miranda GreenPANELIST
And he led by
Tim MontgomerieHOST
Liberal Democrats.
Ian MartinPANELIST
No, so
Miranda GreenPANELIST
he's a Lib Dem council leader.
Miranda GreenPANELIST
He leads Devon County Council.
Miranda GreenPANELIST
And he became a sort of minor celebrity to the BBC during the Lib Dem conference because he decided to sort of take a broadside at Davey.
Matt ChorleyHOST
Not everyone necessarily agrees.
Matt ChorleyHOST
Here's Julian Brazil, leader of Devon County Council.
Matt ChorleyHOST
who sees it differently, as he told me yesterday.
Julian BrazilSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We need to be the one party that's going to say we're going to be honest about taxation, because inevitably in this climate and the pressures that we're under financially, taxes are going to have to go up.
Sam CoatesHOST
But Anne, I'm not getting panic.
Anne McElvoyHOST
Are they panicking or is it just more like a kind of slow dissolution of Ed Davey as they figure out what to do next? That might just be a question I would put to you because if you look at, for instance, in this morning's Politico playbook, you see Julian Brazil, leader of Devon County Council, so southwest strongholds for the Lib Dems traditionally, saying that the question to whether Ed Davey should continue is that all the evidence is Now, of course, that is one person he's treated as a bit of an outlier on that score, Sam.
Anne McElvoyHOST
I had a good steer from one of the veterans of the party who's been there for the whole, the long march of the Lib Dems was around.
Anne McElvoyHOST
very prominently under Charlie Kennedy, is close with the donors, also a party that relies heavily on very few but very committed donors, saying, look, there is not going to be a change, he thought, before the next election.
Brian GerrishHOST
Of course, Ben, because we booked a good weather for the weekend.
Brian GerrishHOST
People may not know, but Devon County Council has a director of climate change.
Brian GerrishHOST
They're in charge of the climate.
Brian GerrishHOST
So you just give them a call, book your sunshine.
Paul ArnottUNKNOWN
Thank, thank you.
Paul ArnottUNKNOWN
Uh, Paul Arnott, leader, East Devon District Council, deputy leader, Devon County Council.
Paul ArnottUNKNOWN
So out of the ashes of the failed local government reorganization, we now have a firm commitment to a mayoral authority in Devon and elsewhere.
Paul ArnottUNKNOWN
Now, this has got potential for, as you know, uh, local, uh, income tax.
Paul ArnottUNKNOWN
Thank you.
Paul ArnottUNKNOWN
Paul Arnott, Leader, East Devon District Council, Deputy Leader, Devon County Council.
Paul ArnottUNKNOWN
So out of the ashes of the failed local government reorganisation, we now have a firm commitment to a mayoral authority in Devon and elsewhere.
Paul ArnottUNKNOWN
Now, this has got potential for, as you know, local income tax.
Matt ChorleyHOST
So, with some asking if he's the right person to take the party into the next election, others saying no, he absolutely is, let's hear from some of the members here at conference.
Matt ChorleyHOST
Kicking off with the openly critical Julian Brazil, who's the Lib Dem leader of Devon County Council.
Julian BrazilGUEST
Well, I think the problem's with the party in that we're not making enough traction with the electorate.
Julian BrazilGUEST
We've got a fantastic opportunity, big vacuum in British politics, and we're not filling that vacuum.
Julian BrazilGUEST
So, you know, something's not working, and I think it's complacent and lacks ambition to say, oh, we're OK, we'll just continue as we are, you know, steady as she goes, because it's, you know, I'm more ambitious than that.
Julian BrazilGUEST
I want us to be a party of government.
Matt ChorleyHOST
So that's Julian Brazil there, the Lib Dem leader of Devon County Council.
Matt ChorleyHOST
But let's go and speak to some other people here at Lib Dem Conference, members, to find out what they think about Ed Davies' leadership and the direction of the party.
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