Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?!?!? The Lib-Dems?

So, following the first televised debate between candidates for Prime Minister in UK history, a confrontation where Liberal-Democrat candidate is generally conceded to have come off best, the party is leading in a number of polls.

Part of the allure of the Lib-Dems is that their policies are objectively, and quite justifiably, punitive towards the banks that created this mess, and they are explicit about the need to downsize the banking sector.

I don't think that the Lib-Dems will win, there is 100 years of their predecessor of losing elections, and I think that the nature of the constituencies, which are elected in "first past the post" as in the US, make their capturing even 2^nd place in the number of seats unlikely.

Still, with 3 weeks to go before the election, it is a surprising development.