Britons dismiss idea of coalition govt.

A new survey shows a majority of British voters dismiss the notion that the country’s first coalition government since the Second World War has been a success.

According to the ComRes survey for The Independentonly 29 percent of voters agree with the idea that Britain is better off with a coalition than it would have been if the Conservatives or Labour had won the last election outright. 57 percent of the voters disagreed.

In January 2011, when the same question was asked public support for coalition was the same with 32 percent of voters believing that the nation was better off with a coalition and 58 percent disagreed.

The polling shows three in four people (73 per cent) would now prefer one party to win an outright majority in 2015 rather than have another coalition, while 19 percent disagree.

This also comes as the Labour partyâ„¢s over the Conservatives has halved to three points in the past month.

As the survey shows Labour is on 37 percent (up one point since last month); the Tories on 34 percent (up four points); the UK Independence Party 12 percent (down two points); the Liberal Democrats 10 per cent (unchanged) and other parties 8 percent (down one point).

ComRes interviewed 1,001 British adults by telephone between 25 -27 July 2013.

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