Why are the Lib Dems so shy?

Regular readers will know that we’re always keeping an eye on Lib Dems leaflets. Their local propaganda sheets are always good for a questionable bar chart, or forgetting the name of the generic place their text is for – but they can also be quite shy about their party affiliation too.

For example, take the “Islington Chronicle”. Sounds like a local paper, and there’s no Lib Dem logo and barely a splash of their trademark yellow. But it is, in fact a rebranded “Focus” leaflet. The Lib Dems used to run Islington council, holding 38 of the seats. Now there are just a dozen of their councillors left. They once pushed Labour’s majority in Islington South to just 484, now they’re pretending their leaflets aren’t from the Lib Dems at all:

After four years in government, we wonder why they’re so shy ahead of this year’s local elections…

Have you seen any shy Lib Dems? Email us.

Update: It seems shy Lib Dem syndrome is spreading…

Portsmouth: We’re not sure what their toilet mission involved (@richhbrown)

York: Watch an £800 tax cut become a £700 tax cut in just a handful of words (@labouryork):

Hampshire: So, so shy… (@LisaNaomi)