"What a conceited, patronising conclusion. Why can't Shimrod "think through" the obvious fact that what he wants is not what most people want. How dare he go on from there to conclude that this is because they can't "think things through" as clearly as His Monumental Intellectship can?"

I seem to remember that it was the SF and song-writer John Brunner who first noted that vast numbers of the population appear to be unable to think things through. I've known far to many people, in my lifetime, who have been prone to elevating the airy notions which float into their heads into incontrovertible 'facts' and I've worked with, and for, far too many of them! If noting that such a phenomenon exists, and agreeing with Brunner, makes me arrogant then sue me!

Although I suspect that you might sing a different tume, MtheGM, if your 'darling' Tories weren't in power!

You've also neglected to notice that many of the voters, who claim to be 'on the Left' voted in order to 'punish' Nick Clegg. I maintain that this is a silly, puerile approach to politics. The destruction of the Lib Dems means that we are more likely to get a full-blown, undiluted Tory government now (which will no doubt please you). If such people really are of the Left their key priority should have been to oppose David Cameron and the Tories (who hold the majority of the seats in Parliament) - not the leader of the Lib Dems.