Lots of experience - but arguably proven incompetence, also. He successfully established himself (and his party) as the scapegoat for a broadly unpopular auster

Lots of experience - but arguably proven incompetence, also. He successfully established himself (and his party) as the scapegoat for a broadly unpopular austerity campaign, while gaining no lasting concessions in exchange. His tenure essentially wiped out the Lib Dems as a functioning party - dropping them from a height of 57 seats, to just 12.