There is never any forgiveness in politics. The Lib Dems will never be forgiven for giving up on student fees, and Blair will never be forgiven for the war.
A centrist party would need to attract the Scots and Welsh away from the independent parties representing them at the moment. Labour & the Tories went downhill when they lost the regions.
Everybody is pulling further and further away from each other, and it will take a crisis, and an...