And then there's that other lot...

So, following the recent elections - European and local - where do the LibDems go now?  They may well seek to change their leader, but I don't think that will help. Their fundamental problem is, and to a certain extent always has been, one of image.  We have a mental picture of Conservatism - it's a rich businessman.  We equally have a mental picture of Labour - a blue-collar trade-unionist.  Even the johnny-come-lately UKIP have a persona of sorts - a bloke in a pub looking back through rose-coloured spectacles at their (probably false) image of the country as it was in the past.  But LibDem - they're faceless.  At best the image is of a faded hippy in a poncho and sandals going round saying "Peace, man" a lot.  They used to be able to rely on their secondary image as the irritable party of the protest vote, but UKIP have stolen that one, so where do they go from here? They badly need to decide where their political heart is or I fear they will just fade away.