The Lib Dems want to be the nice guys of politics - but is that what voters want?

Lib Dems don't tend to listen to right-wing podcasts.But if they did, they may be heartened by some of what they hear. Take the interview Kemi Badenoch gave to the TRIGGERnometry show in February.Ten minutes into the episode, one of the hosts recounts a conversation with a Tory MP who said the party lost the last election to the Lib Dems because they went too far to the right.Everyone laughs. Then in March, in a conversation with the Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, the Tory leader was asked to describe a Liberal Democrat."Somebody who is good at fixing their church roof," said Ms Badenoch.She meant it as a negative.Lib Dems now mention it every time you go near any of them with a TV camera. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 4:12 The pitch is clear, the stunts are naffAt times, party figures seem somewhat astonished the Tories don't view them as more of a threat, given they were beaten by them in swathes of their traditional heartlands last year.Going f...