The 2010 election: has the mould of British politics finally cracked?

Of one thing we can be sure: the 2010 election will acquire a large entry in the annals of Liberal Democrat history. The campaign came alive for the party when, following the first ever televised prime ministerial debate in the UK, the party’s poll rating reached the 30 per cent mark for the first time during the course of a general election. However, on polling day itself the party’s hopes were dashed, and, instead of making a breakthrough, it actually found itself with slightly fewer seats then before. John Curtice analyses the 2010 election.