Low-profile Lib Dems are flatlining in the polls – but don’t write them off

Reform UK is making the headlines but tactical voting can power Ed Davey’s party in seats where they are the Tories’ main challengers

The Liberal Democrats gathered this weekend for their final spring conference before the general election. You may be forgiven for not knowing this.

The fourth-largest party barely feature in current political discussions lately, and are flatlining in the polls even as the government sinks ever lower. Only one in three voters has an opinion on party leader Ed Davey, and even fewer have much idea what his party offers. The costs of Brexit are mounting up, yet its most steadfast opponents are struggling.