Lib Dems sink to worst poll rating for 25 years
A poll puts Nick Clegg's party on just 6 per cent of the vote, significantly damaging Lib Dem hopes of having enough seats to form a coalition after the election
By Peter Dominiczak, Political Editor
2:25PM GMT 12 Feb 2015
Nick Clegg has been dealt a major pre-election blow after a poll found that the Liberal Democrats have sunk to their lowest support in 25 years.
An Ipsos MORI poll for the Evening Standard put the Lib Dems on just 6 per cent of the vote, behind both the Green Party and the UK Independence Party.
The Lib Dems have not had such a poor poll rating since 1990, when the party was still new.
The survey puts the Lib Dems behind the combined support for the Scottish and Welsh nationalists, two parties who do not run national campaigns.
Some senior Lib Dems are predicting that the party faces humiliation in the general election.
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