There is an old saying that there is no such thing as bad publicity. Not if you are Jo Swinson though. A report in today's Times shows that she has managed to turn that old saying on its head. For, apparently the more the voters see of her the less they like her. She has even succeeded in managing to make Jeremy Corbyn more popular than her.

And if that wasn't enough of a miracle she has also managed to make the Lib Dem's polling figures nose dive - see figures from Britain Elects. At a time when both the Tories and Labour have been tying themselves in knots over policy; fighting amongst themselves; being accused of islamophobia/anti-semitism or just generally being right b******s - see National front page today she has somehow managed not to capitalise on it.

Or, perhaps the explantion is simpler. Now that she is leader of the Lib Dems her past voting record has come under scrutiny and surprise, surprise she is more Tory than the Tories - see report from The Canary

Add in all the defections from the Tories and right-wing Labour MPs to the Lib Dems and all she has done is turn them into the Remain wing of the Tory party.