2020 Liberal Democrats Leadership Election

[TheTide]

A word of warning about the 2019 results. Those strong Lib Dem results in middle-class seats may have been a one-time thing to some extent, given the main issue of the election. This is why Labour shouldn't be complacent about Canterbury and Putney next time either.

As for the South West, well, they were happy to give a lot of seats to the Lib Dems in 2005 whilst the Lib Dems were focusing on students and urban lefties in general (hence the focus on Iraq and tuition fees). Blair was able to win back a lot of old seats that even in 1992 Labour were hammered in. The South West has long had a maverick streak and (especially if there is no return of a major Faragist electoral force) they may be tempted by the Lib Dems once again when Brexit is history. Which may, admittedly, rule out a major Lib Dem comeback there next time, given that issue looks set to be with us until then and beyond.

[TheTide]

I can imagine Davey being likeable to the public......if they ever find out who he is. Moran would have gone the same way as that Scottish person last year.