If they hadn't f***ed up so royally with the tuition fees etc, plus how much interest and momentum they were beginning to draw in the election last year, they really could have benefitted a lot from all of this. Shame.
Indeed. I still maintain that they were very unlucky with the election result last year - had Cameron won a majority, or had they the option to choose to form a Lab/Lib coalition they really would be ready to strike gold now - but they had no choice but to form the coalition at the time.
Of course, you're right - they f***ed up big time with the tuition fees etc, and them going for the "we'll say we agree with everything" approach for unity's sake is entirely their fault...