The one word that we should despise when applied to politics is libertarian. For, Peter Riddell describes the Liberal Democrats thus, when they are anything but.
Let us look at their policies: taxes based on economic illiteracy and populist gain, designed to tap into the current theme of 'hang the rich' and damn the poor. And they describe this stance as courage. If only they had written a book on this virtue to clarify their hypocrisy.
Even Riddell, centre-left, recognises that the LDs are radiating the zeitgeist but have no coherent voice, conflicted between liberty and equality.
Soak the rich, save the state, help the planet. Sums up all three parties actually.