If he seems older and wiser, he conversely seems younger and fresher too, freed from the depredations of government and the Cabinet-table snipings and media shaftings from those Right-wing Tories who could never reconcile themselves to the existence of the Coalition.It might be a surprise to hear of the former Lib Dem leader’s chilled demeanour.

And for this they have Cameron and his disastrous referendum to thank. The Brexit Party did not win any.But Mr Farage said the party took thousands of votes from Tory opponents and he was happy with its "influence".

Rob Ford, Professor of Political Science at Manchester University and one of the country’s leading psephologists, says: ‘Such is the depth of their decline that it will probably take two elections to come back. Election results 2019: Boris Johnson returns to power with big majority Election results 2019: As it happened - Conservatives win large majority General election 2019: 'I killed the Liberal Democrats and hurt Labour', says Farage These are external links and will open in a new windowThe Brexit Party has "killed the Liberal Democrats and hurt the Labour Party", Nigel Farage has claimed.The Conservatives won 365 seats in the 2019 general election - up 47 from before the vote.Labour won 203 seats (down 59), the SNP 48 (up 13) and the Lib Dems 11 (down by one). After all, the reward for five years governing with the Conservatives in order to ensure democratic stability at a time of severe economic crisis was abject humiliation: his party was reduced to a stubby rump of eight MPs in the 2015 general election, with big hitters like Danny Alexander, Vince Cable and Ed Davey cast into the wilderness to do whatever it is ex Lib Dem MPs do. There was a decent turnout, and Clegg looked fit and well. Such is its epochal import that much of what has gone before could be wiped away — clean slates and fresh starts and all that. "Jo Swinson herself said that effectively poleaxed her campaign. The decision by Brexit party leader Nigel Farage not to run a full slate of candidates in the election has also delivered a big blow to the Lib Dems campaign. The Brexit Party has "killed the Liberal Democrats and hurt the Labour Party", Nigel Farage has claimed.

A lot of damage has been done to the Lib Dem brand and it will not be easily fixed. The path ahead is far from clear. Being pro-business would allow the Lib Dems to adopt an angle on Brexit that might work for them much better than any of the other approaches on the topic to date. The Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom.The party has 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 89 members of the House of Lords, five Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in both the Welsh Parliament and the London Assembly.It formed a UK coalition government with the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2015. Though the Tories retained the seat, their 2015 majority was cut by 20,000 votes to 5,700 and the Lib Dems vaulted from fourth place to second, taking 30 per cent of the votes cast. That overwhelmingly was behind our decision to stand down in 317 seats. It was the only party to gain control of a council. It’s not unthinkable.

"Born out of frustration with delays to the UK's departure from the EU, the Brexit Party was launched in April 2019, with ex-UKIP leader Mr Farage leading it.When asked if the Brexit Party was now "finished", Mr Farage said: "We've used our influence, that's the important thing. Now Brexit is upon us, and a steelier Tory administration has emerged to send into exile the centrist politics in which Clegg and Cameron believed, and which dominated British government and politics for the past 20 years.So what gives? But the result of Thursday’s by-election in Witney to replace the departing Cameron gives cause for measured optimism on the national stage, and hints at that aforementioned Brexit dividend.

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