The
Guardian has a poll showing that the Lib Dems are now the fourth party behind UKIP (my emphasis):
Nick Clegg
faced a double blow on Saturday night as one of his closest advisers
admitted that the coalition's spending cuts had been too deep and a new
poll showed the Liberal Democrats were now the fourth party in British politics behind Ukip.
Odd then that the excuse on this occasion for the Lib Dems is that spending cuts are too deep, when UKIP have a
policy of far more robust cuts:
Recognise the dangerous levels of national debt and accept there is no
alternative to major cuts in government spending. We do not accept that
service improvements require ever-increasing government expenditure, and
believe there is substantial waste and inefficiency that can be
eliminated while vital front line services remain fully protected. UKIP
also believes profligate government spending is killing off the
productive activity that provides tax funds, and that easing the burden
will be the route to revitalising the economy
Obviously it's now conference season so much manoeuvrings and nonsense on stilts appealing to the party faithful takes place, but it does take a strange distorted twist of logic to argue that the reason the Lib Dems are behind in the polls is because they're cutting too much when the party they are comparing against has policy of doing far more.
