It would be fair to say that the nation has contained its excitement while awaiting the outcome of the battle for the leadership of the Liberal Democrats, to be announced on March 2nd. Unlike the Tory leadership election, which started slowly but reached a gripping climax, interest in the Lib Dems' contest rapidly faded after its tragi-comic beginning. The bungled ousting of the alcoholic Charles Kennedy, the tabloid exposure of one leadership candidate's dealings with male prostitutes and the attempt by another candidate to mislead about his own sexuality briefly got people's attention-but only as a crash prompts drivers on the other side of the road to slow down and rubberneck.
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