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Lib Dem MP quits frontbench job over Ed Davey's leadership

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Deputy party leader Daisy Cooper says "the vast majority of our MPs support Ed... and are furious at this distraction."

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Both outlets center on a senior Liberal Democrat frontbench resignation tied to Ed Davey’s leadership, and both frame it as a leadership problem rather than a routine personnel change. The Guardian US goes further by describing a “growing revolt” and saying Charlie Maynard reportedly resigned in an attempt to unseat Davey, while BBC News instead foregrounds Daisy Cooper’s defence that most MPs support Davey and are “furious at this distraction.”

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