In the aftermath of a difficult election for the Liberal Democrats, the party has set up a review of the campaign so we can learn any lessons for the future.

But as acting leader, my job is to think and plan for the future now. From preparations for next May’s local elections to leading the opposition to Boris Johnson’s hard Brexit plans and the risk of a no deal Brexit, there are obvious tasks for the party.

Yet there must be other priorities too. After almost every election, with our unfair voting system, there’s a chance to build alliances for democratic and political renewal. Before the election, a strikingly large number of Conservative MPs told me about their new-found attraction to electoral reform — albeit