UK Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2017

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I guess they could fold and simply become the Orkney and Shetland Party.

Or the Jo Party (Grimond; Swinson)

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The problem with the strategy of the Lib Dems going back to the halcyon days of the 70s is: Corbyn's sewed up the beards-and-sandals brigade ;-)

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Ah, if Lembit Opik were still electorally kicking; maybe the Lib Dems need their own Boris... ;-)

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Vince Cable is a safe pair of hands to put the party back on its feet after Farron and Clegg left it in shambles. Cable will be a caretaker in my view, the leader after him though will probably Jo Swinson. Once the party is on its feet, Cable will step down and Swinson will become leader. I am speaking hypothetically of course.

So, another Ming Campbell, albeit less messily so.

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Ed Davey has announced he isn't standing.

It's looking likely there won't even be a contest now.

If Lloyd doesn't run, the other three MPs are all new. Hobhouse, I believe, would be the first party leader born outside of the United Kingdom.

Andrew Bonar Law, the Conservative leader from 1911-21 and 1922-23, was born in New Brunswick which is now a Canadian province.

Wera Hobhouse does not seem to be a very plausible candidate to be a party leader.

At the time he was born, however, New Brunswick was not yet part of the Canadian Confederation.

So would this be like John McCain being born in the Canal Zone?