Lib Dem leader's TV debate success wins extra support

Support for the Liberal Democrats has been rising in the wake of Nick Clegg's performance in the televised leaders' debate which he hailed as an 'important moment'.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Apr 2010, 00:39 BST
Updated 17th Apr 2010, 00:39 BST

Mr Clegg, above, took the Lib Dem campaign to Hull yesterday with Denis Healy, left, Lib Dem candidate for Hull North, as an opinion poll put the party up three points since the start of the week and just four points behind Labour. They met apprentices at the Humberside Engineering Training Association on Sutton Fields Industrial Estate.

The Tories made clear they are prepared to target the Lib Dems as bookmakers reported a flurry of bets on a shock election win for Mr Clegg.

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The Lib Dem leader said: "While it is important, you've got to keep a sense of perspective. It was only the first step in the campaign proper. I think there are going to be lots of people who are going to wait until the last minute to decide."

Meanwhile Shadow Business Secretary Ken Clarke told the Yorkshire Post

that voting for the Lib Dems could be 'dangerous' and said he was

'horrified' by the prospect of a hung parliament.

nLabour has been pushed into third place in The Sun's daily YouGov poll, on 28 per cent to the Liberal Democrats' 30 and the Conservatives' 33.

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