Hope for the Liberal Democrats

I don't have a high opinion of Nick Clegg, but I have to say I have revised my estimate upward after listening to his speech this afternoon. Whatever one may think of the Liberal Democrat scattergun approach to policy-making and their determination to spend useless energy attacking the Conservatives when their target should be Labour this was a well-delivered speech, full of energy and rhetorical flourishes. If he conducts his campaign like this the party may not lose too many of Charles Kennedy's gains.