As a reference point of both how far the Lib Dems have fallen - and how completely messed up the BBC can be at times - it has come out that the BBC has registered 200 journalists to attend this years Lib Dem party conference, which translates into 25 BBC journalists per MP. In comparison ITV have registered the names of five journalists.
One interesting side-effect of the strange death of the Lib Dems is that we seem to be officially a two party country again. On BBC's Question Time program (not to be confused with Prime Ministers Questions) the panel was always made up with one representative of the three main parties (Tory, Labour, Lib Dem) and two others (either journalists, activists or minor parties). It took a couple of weeks for reality to sink in but the Lib Dems have lost their permanent seat at the top table and been relegated to the others now. Last night's show had a Tory and Labour MP and three journalists. What's interesting, is that despite a direct reversal in number of MPs the SNP have not gained the Lib Dems lost permanent seat on panels.