It's important to note that the Tories swiped seats off of the Liberals - Guildford, Weston Super Mare and Newbury - the voters finally noticed that voting Liberal was not a "safe" alternative to voting Tory. The Lib Dems made their greatest advances in constituencies which were highly left wing, such as the industrial north - it's worth noting that Tony Benn's (the totally bonkers far left Labour MP) old constituency has gone Lib Dem.
The Telegraph's analysis yesterday also pointed out the Liberals have a lot to worry about as their appeal to Middle England died as soon as they showed their far left colours.
Regards, Ivan
The current Liberal Democratic Party is an extremely unworthy successor to the historically great Liberal Party of Britain (and Whigs prior to that). The likes of Charles Kennedy are dwarfs when compared with figures like Sir Robert Walpole, Lord Melbourne, or Lord Palmerston.
Absolutely Britain cannot accept a radically left one party and the Lib Dems showed themselves to be that.