Well, I’m glad you’re still thanking me and not blaming me!
One of the things in the Lib Dems is that there are a lot of people who don’t really fit into left or right categories and are basically centrist or mostly apolitical. They tend to prevent any formal split developing, oddly enough. See https://medium.com/@nick.barlow/all-liberal-democracy-is-divided-into-three-parts-or-some-thoughts-on-the-partys-past-present-9e6a6ec4804d?source=friends_link&sk=31fc758b524e1db6808933642d3ee49a