Sentences with phrase «lifeline electoral reform referendum»

Support for the coalition has now collapsed from 59 % to 43 %, backing for the Lib Dems from 23 % at the general election to 8 % in some polls, and Nick Clegg has become one of the most hated men in Britain as his party prepares to pay a savage political price in next May's elections — and quite possibly in his lifeline electoral reform referendum as well.