Greens surge to 11% nationally in Lord Ashcroft poll

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http://order-order.com/2015/01/19/gr...ashcroft-poll/

Greens on 11% in Ashcroft Poll

Big leap for the Greens in this afternoon’s Ashcroft poll. Both Tories and Labour under 30%…

As usual it's one poll but it is yet another indiction of the trend since late summer/autumn of a surge in Green support.

Here's the recent Opinium poll for comparison..

Labour 33%
Conservatives 28%
Ukip 20%
Liberal Democrats 7%
Greens 6%

The main parties had been hoping that as the election approaches (less than five months to go) support for the Greens and Ukip would drop away, yet here the Greens are reaching record highs, Ukip also on a high and the SNP retaining a strong lead in Scotland.

It has been said that there's a possibility opening up now that it won't just be a coalition government of two parties after the General Election, but that Labour or the Conservatives with the Liberal Democrats still won't be able to form a government of 320 MPs - meaning another party would be in coalition (a three party government of some sort) which is highly unusual under the FPTP Westminster system.

Thoughts?

[GommeInc]

A rainbow coalition or whatever the less colourful 3 party name might be what the UK needs. Having just one (or two, but we don't count the Lib Dems) does not necessarily mean all voices are being heard. That said, I think UK politics needs to evolve - otherwise we may as well say goodbye to Scotland and England in full as it seems to be the north serving the south.