hmm...interesting, let me ponder that. Do you really think they've got the balls (the LDs, that is) to tough it out through four years of pure, burning hatred?
The reason why I ask is - I doubt their spine. We picketed Lynne Featherstone's constituency office recently, as well as a protest at a local event she attended. She's a minister, and she looked terrified and awful - like she could pass out/collapse any minute. i've heard similar about other MPs in SW London (Brake and davey, from my mates there).
I'm thinking they've built up a dependency over the years on their self-image as the principled good guys (yeah, I know, a load of balls, but they believe it), and all the hatred that's gonna rain down on them will truly shatter them. It might just persuade enough to try a mass 'sinking ship ratting' exercise.
This is all new to them, - tories are old hands in handling being hated, it's practically a military medal to them. Not so LDs. I genuinely wonder if the bottle is there to tough it out