Now Lib Dems fall in latest Populus poll

According to Mike Smithson there is a new Populus poll for ITV news tonight. Topline figures, with changes from their last poll - taken just as the expenses row broke, are CON 39%(nc), LAB 27%(+1), LDEM 17%(-5).

Labour and the Conservatives remain down, and largely unchanged. The big shift is in the level of Liberal Democrat support, which has fallen by five points. Up to now, polls have tended to show the two main parties suffering from the expenses row, but the Liberal Democrats have been largely untouched. It seems strange that they should suffer now, though I suppose it could be that their earlier resilience was actually a positive effect of the Gurkha story, which has now faded from the news agenda.

Support for other parties continues to rise, it was up to 12% in Populus's last poll, now it's up to 19%, breaking down as SNP 4%, Green 2%, UKIP 6%, BNP 4% and Plaid 1%.