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I would suggest she is doing it for her own personal benefit. Raising her own personal profile, putting herself into a position of power. From a political point of view, it makes zero sense as there just won't be any common ground between her, the conservatives and UKIP

People that do such things inevitably fall flat on their faces, so if she pulls it off, she will be gone come the next election. The lib dems know this to their own cost.