And as I noted last week, after the Lib Dems had gained four seats from the Tory party:
Can't help feeling if Ukip had won 4 council seats from the Tories last night, as LibDems did, the media might've mentioned it.
And yes, before the Lib Dem-baiting starts in the comments below, I'm well aware that local council by-elections need to be taken with a liberal pinch of salt and that none of this alters the party's flat-lining poll ratings. But the main point remains: in spite of everything, the party's still alive. Speculation of our demise, as so often in the past, is premature…
* Stephen Tall is Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, a Research Associate for the liberal think-tank CentreForum, and also writes at his own site, The Collected Stephen Tall.
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