I can't agree with this. That is pure guesswork on your part.
You say it would be seen as a "protest party", but it equally be seen as a "party that won't compromise on it's key principles for a whiff of power". If it happens again in 5 years time, I wouldn't think the Lib Dems would rush...
With hindsight, announce to the country that the Tories wouldn't agree to a referendum on PR, not paid for tuition fees, so they couldn't form a government. Instead, they would allow the Tories to form a government with a supply and confidence arrangement.
And no, the economy was not bust in...
Why hasn't Nick Clegg resigned yet? A lot of good LibDem MPs have lost their seats because you.
**** off you useless tufty-haired principle-free sixth former tosspot.
Why are they the ones who are getting slaughtered here?
Obviously their core vote feels let down by going into coalition with the Tories and then giving up too many of their core principles, but it's odd that they are comfortably the biggest losers.
I reckon the impact will be that 2010 was...