A huge amount of broadcast time and newsprint has been expended since the end of last week analysing the election and referendum results and, in particular, what they mean for the Liberal Democrats.
Quite alot of it has missed some key points, not least in the almost exclusive focus on the proposed NHS reforms as the issue that the Lib Dems can use to put some distance between them and the Conservatives. I'm not sure it will be that easy for the Lib Dems to claim credit for any changes to NHS policy, partially because Labour is already moving effectively to set the pace and partially because there are many vocal Tory critics of Andrew Lansley's proposals too. For this reason I can see the breaking up of the major banks emerging as one of the key distinguishing issues between the Coa...
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