His claim that MPs plan to defect to the Tory party were dismissed by the Lib Dem camp as “bollocks” and without substance, according to a source from the shadow front bench.
Journalists who put great stock in the views of former Lib Dem PPCs should have a look here.
And another view of one particular former LIb Dem PPC here
http://linlithgow-libdems.blogspot.com/2006/01/personal-statement-from-former.html