The Liberal Democrats could become the main opposition in Britain

On July 1st Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, performed another publicity-seeking stunt in a campaign full of them—bungee jumping. Dangling by his ankles, Sir Ed shouted: “Do something you’ve never done before: vote Liberal Democrat!” It is far from the likeliest outcome but the Liberal Democrats could be about to do something they have never done in the post-war era: become the official opposition.