Remember that only a few months ago Ed Balls said Labour voters were justified in tactically voting for Libdems in areas where Labour was uncompetitive to keep the Tories out. (liberalconspiracy.org)
A lot of LibDems in the south with Tory candidates breathing down their necks won't like this switch of scarce DimLib resources. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
However, on closer analysis it has to be recognised that this has largely been achieved by capturing the disaffected LibDem vote — the SNP share of the vote has not fallen significantly. (leftfutures.org)