
The Lib Dems’ Hugh Grant endorsement backfires
The Lib Dems unveiled their secret weapon to revive their flagging election campaign this week. The party managed to win the backing of actor Hugh Grant, who joined Lib Dem candidates Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna on the campaign trail to plug a so-called ‘Remain Alliance’ between several parties to keep the Tories out of power. Only it looks as though there might already be trouble in paradise. In a gloating post on social media, the Lib Dems showed off their celebrity backer this morning and wrote that ‘only the Lib Dems can take seats off the Tories’. But their refusal to point out that Grant was actually supporting tactical voting
