Lib Dem MEPs are back from their Conference aglow with the victory they scored over their party leadership after the latter tried to shift the party into a more Eurosceptic position.

It was sad to see Nick Clegg, until recently an MEP but now a Yorkshire MP, opportunistically aligning himself with the leadership to prove he hadn't 'gone native' during his stint in Brussels. But the grass roots delegates voted for the line taken by the MEPs rather than that of the party leadership. Not something that happens in every party!