Relatively few of their MPs have been caught in serious expenses-fiddling, and as the third party at Westminster they could expect to benefit from a backlash against the system.

• 该党中在严重的费用乱报事件中落水的议员相对较少，而且作为议会中工党和保守党之外的第三个党派，他们指望从现有体制的反作用力上获益。