During a 2024 election, this party leader launched his manifesto at an amusement park and was interviewed on a spinning teacup ride. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this party leader whose campaign stunts included using a waterslide and bungee jumping. Those stunts may have helped this leader’s party win 72 seats in July, the best result for a third party in his country since 1923.
ANSWER: Ed Davey [or Sir Edward Jonathan Davey]
[10m] Ed Davey is currently the leader of this political party and contributed to the Orange Book, an essay collection that also featured a chapter from this party’s earlier leader Nick Clegg.
ANSWER: Liberal Democrats UK [or Lib Dems]
[10e] The Lib Dems’ 72 seats still were dwarfed by the majority won by this British Labour leader, who became Prime Minister after the election despite his party only winning a third of the popular vote.
ANSWER: Keir Starmer
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