EXPRESS: UK polls tracker: Lib Dems soar as Labour takes battering - but Boris still champion

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Robert Ford, professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester, told the Guardian: “Labour should worry that a 2019 campaign will be less like 2017 and more like 2010, when the contrast between a fresh young Nick Clegg and two unpopular main party leaders fuelled a campaign surge for the Lib Dems.

“If such a surge were to happen, it could feed on itself, as polls showing the Lib Dems ahead of Labour encourage further defections from Remain voters who no longer feel they have to accept second best from Labour.”