Blog: What if the Lib Dems did win?

However, following the leaders' debate last Thursday, a debate widely considered to have been won by Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, my opinion began to change. The so-called ‘Clegg surge' has already seen polls begin turning in favour of the Lib Dems. The Guardian/ICM poll, published on Monday, had the Conservatives on 33%, the Lib Dems on 30% and Labour on 28%. The poll showed support for the Liberal Democrats has increased by 10 points in a week - forcing Labour into third place for the first time ever in the Guardian/ICM voting series, which began in 1984. One YouGov poll conducted ...