All head and no heart: The LibDems still have some distance to go in rebuilding the party’s identity and re-establishing a bond with voters

In the run up to the conference, over 40% of those polled believed that the Liberal Democrats had made no positive contributions to the coalition government, highlighting the party’s struggle to demonstrate their achievements in government and garner support. Exploring the impact of the 2013 LibDem conference, Katharine Dommett writes that the party has not addressed the sense of betrayal experienced by many party supporters, which is accordingly unlikely to induce a dramatic reversal in the party’s current fortunes.