They're certainly street-wise. The fact we're even discussing the chances of their will being forced on the British public on the strength of the support of just over 1 (yes, one) per-cent of the UK electorate tells us that.
"Political suicide..." I hope you're right there -but I wouldn't bet on it. It's only four years since Gordon Brown's determined bid to ally with lib-dems in order to cling to power despite having been convincingly rejected at the ballot box.