I think this is all about perception.
Indeed, I have read Duncan saying on here on many occasion that he would rather see the back of all 3 of them.
I'm sure if there was a poll on here with 4 options - (a) Lowe (b) Wilde © Crouch (d) None of the Above - option (d) would win by a handsome majority.
However, (mis)perception of opinion tends to be swayed by the simple fact that most people will reserve their criticism for the current incumbents in any given 'bad' scenario.
Take politics for example. I don't rate any of the main parties at the moment but I tend to vent my spleen most at Labour because they are the ones in power. Simple human nature.
Dig below the understandable emotive nature of Duncan's posts and I see more balance than is perhaps perceptible on the surface.