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Experts wanted on Liberal Democrat party rules

It's unlikely that so many of us have ever taken such an interest in a meeting of the Liberal Democrat's party executive. Tomorrow's gathering will consider the consequences of making David Cameron Prime Minister.

So did it matter that there had to be a re-count in Camborne & Redruth? Or that there was such a narrow Tory victory in Truro & Falmouth? Or the similarly close Lib Dem triumph in St Austell & Newquay? Disappointed activists from both Lib Dems and Conservatives in St Ives, North Cornwall and South East Cornwall can perhaps console themselves that they've "won" anyway.

In constituencies where the Lib Dems were second to Labour, there might be some enthusiasm for a Conservative minority government. In Cornwall this seems highly unlikely. Will the Liberal Democrats tear themselves apart over this? And if not, why not?