[Ultimate Newbie]

As an aside to scottish independence and north sea oil, are the liberal democrats somewhere between labour and conservative on the political spectrum*?

Giving all the whinging on these boards, i was under the impression that a major criticism of the two major parties was that they're too similar (a concern also raised in Australia with "me too"ism). Assuming that this is the case, how can a party that is between the two major parties differentiate themselves from the others if there is so little room to move?

Or is that why they never win any elections?


*i am aware that its not really a line