Standpoint - Welcome to Standpoint http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en The Irrelevant Liberals /node/3200 <!--paging_filter--><p>The polls for the <em>Sunday Times </em>and <em>Telegraph </em>have the Lib Dems on 16 per cent and Labour and the Tories well up on the election. Meanwhile, over at the <em><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jun/27/lib-dems-vat-rise-anger-poll">Observer</a> </em>we have a poll  showing that leftish Lib Dem voters are ready to defect to Labour. </p><p>    Who cares when there may not be an election for five years, and every sensible person is checking their beer and wine supplies and preparing for the England game rather than thinking about politics? <p><a href="/node/3200"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3200#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:49:59 +0100 Nick Cohen 3200 at http://standpointmag.co.uk