Liberal Democrats, liberalism and Tim Farron

I'm not sure that the Liberals are a sunken ship yet. There's been 4 local council by-elections here in South West London (where they lost both MPs, both Cabinet Ministers). They won all 4, gaining one from the Tories. Looks as if some people are beginning to regret that their votes resulted in a one-party Tory government, especially as the Tories are interpreting their victory as a mandate to continue with their old nasty party agenda (bashing the unions, bashing the BBC, reintroducing hunting). The Tories seem to be overlooking that they only won because Labour lost. If they carry on as they've started there'll be a backlash from which the Liberals could be in a better position to profit from that the pathetic Labour party (pink Tories who are now openly pro-business and anti-welfare to try to steal Tory votes).  What the one-party Tory government is doing also gives credibility to the Liberals claim that, when in coalition with the Tories, they were a restraining influnce on them.OK, it's all just boring capitalist politics …