Britain: The Liberal Dems made their deal with the devil - now they're rotting in hell

from the Independent UK:



Lib Dem support hits all-time low
Electoral disaster in prospect for party as support collapses

By Andrew Grice, Political Editor
Wednesday, 5 January 2011


Support for the Liberal Democrats has slumped to its lowest level since the party was formed in 1988, according to The Independent's "poll of polls".

Nick Clegg is now the most unpopular third party leader since David Owen led the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1989. The Liberal Democrats' 11 per cent rating in the first poll of polls since last May's election highlights the dramatic slide in their fortunes since they entered the Coalition with the Conservatives.

The 57 Liberal Democrat MPs would be reduced to a rump of just 15 at the next election if this level of support were to be repeated then.

Labour is now on 40 per cent and the Tories on 38 per cent, giving Labour an overall majority of 14, according to the weighted average of the regular surveys by ComRes, ICM, Ipsos MORI and YouGov.

John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, who compiled the figures, said that the costs and benefits of the Coalition had been distributed very unevenly between the two parties in it. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lib-dem-support-hits-alltime-low-2176158.html

Okay, maybe not, but they would surely have been in much better shape now had they joined Labour in a coalition.

I imagine they won't recover from this - that's very sad in a way, because a viable third party is very healthy.
But if they're so lacking in courage, they don't deserve to be where they are.