LibDems see support sink further
The latest political poll in the UK has revealed that support for the Liberal Democrat Party is at its lowest in over 10 years.
Voters seem to be turning against the LibDems because of its change of position on the university fees issue.
The party was formed in 1988 and today’s poll, published in The Independent, shows its worst performance in terms of popularity to date.
Only 11pc of people said they would vote for the LibDems in a general election. In last May’s election, the party received 24pc of the electorate’s vote.
The Labour party received 40pc of the support from survey participants, with the Conservatives following closely at 38pc.
During the election, the LibDems said it would oppose moves to raise university fees but once it joined the Conservative Party in Government it performed a U-turn on the issue. Fees were raised last month.
LibDem leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has seen his popularity rocket and fall in a short space of time. In the run-up to the election he outshone other party leaders but now the public are dissatisfied with his performance.
The “poll of polls” survey is a weighted average of regular surveys by ComRes, ICM, Ipsos MORI and YouGov.