Farewell Sir Ming

I always felt that the LibDems were making the wrong decision in electing Sir Menzies Campbell as their leader; it seemed that they were choosing someone who might have made a better job of presenting the party's case in the 2005 election than Charles Kennedy, rather than the person best placed to respond to the changing situation in the ensuing parliamentary term. Campbell seems to have left because he could see the whispering campaign getting worse; his leadership immediately takes on something of a caretaker character in retrospect, but that impression might pass depending on where Nick Clegg or Chris Huhne or whomever takes the party. I agree with Peter Hyman, speaking on Newsnight, that the party needs to be more 'interesting', but what that interest will be requires hard work on policy, image, and communication with voters.