DOUBLE the number of Liberal Democrat councillors would rather see the party form a coalition with Labour rather than the Conservatives if the 2015 general election results in a hung parliament. A survey has revealed 38 per cent would support an alliance with Labour, with 16 per cent favouring a repeat of the deal with the Conservatives, but almost a quarter said the party should not form another coalition. The ComRes poll also found that councillors backed Vince Cable as their preferred candidate to replace Nick Clegg if he quit as party leader, with 38 per cent supporting the Business Secretary. Party president Tim Farron was the choice of 27 per cent of the councillors, with Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander the third most popular candidate on 10 per cent. Some 45 per cent of the councillors supported a ban on the wearing of a burka in places such as schools and airports, with 38 per cent opposing such a ban. The poll, for BBC Sunday Politics, found 86 per cent supported a mansion tax on homes valued at more than £2 million, 72 per cent backed the scrapping of the Trident nuclear deterrent and 70 per cent were in favour of reinstating the 50p top rate of income tax on incomes above £150,000. A third supported the banning of Page 3 pictures with 46 per cent opposing such a move. ComRes interviewed 580 out of 2,576 Lib Dem councillors in England and Wales by online survey between August 22 and September 6.
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:02:48 +0000
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