Sir Menzies Campbell resigned last night and it was all over the news this morning. The fact it received any attention at all is actually a bad thing as it might make members of the Liberal Democrats feel they are relevant in some way. I find it terribly frustrating that at a time when the choice has been between Tory and Tory-lite for so long the two are now indistinguishable Britain's third party have done nothing of any note to challenge this theatre of the absurd.

The Guardian said:

"The abrupt and undignified departure followed increasingly public concern among peers, MPs and activists about his lack of voter appeal, as polls placed the party as low as 11%."

Who cares? Under the present electoral system you're completely unelectable anyway. If you're not going to win you don't have to placate anyone. What you could do is ask awkward questions, challege the government of the day and embarass the main party of opposition into doing some opposing. As it is social inequality becomes more ingrained, ID cards are on the horizon, the occupation of Iraq grinds on with a million civilian dead from this round alone....

But no. Maybe the Liberals are trying to be vocal, one view has always been that although they are ignored by the mainstream media they do well at the grassroots. Here in Brighton they've managed to make themselves irrelevant next to the Greens. This incident makes them look just as bad as the rest of them. Disappointing.