Risking a little optimism

I listened to Nick Clegg talking about understanding people's fears of change. I suppose he's right, though I haven't quite reached that point in the recovery process myself.

But I suppose – like so many of us (at least us Lib Dems) – I have been struggling today to understand why the excitement of the polls didn't last the full campaign, and disappeared once people were actually in polling booths.

There are a whole lot of reflections about our campaign and its authenticity that I keep being ...