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Your support makes all the difference.David Cameron has warned Conservative supporters against voting for the Liberal Democrats, a day after a poll showed Tory voters propping up Nick Clegg in his Sheffield Hallam seat.
An ICM poll found the Liberal Democrat leader set to retain his seat with a narrow lead thanks to a huge number of 2010 Conservative voters rallying to his aid with tactical votes against his Labour challenger.
But speaking at a garden centre in Twickenham today David Cameron said voting for his coalition partners would risk a Labour government.
“If you vote Liberal Democrat you don’t know what you are going to get. They are just as likely to support Ed Miliband and the SNP as they are the Conservatives,” he told his audience.
Mr Cameron was reacting to an interview given by Mr Clegg this morning in which he said he would try to work with the party “with the greatest mandate from the British people” in the event of a hung parliament.
The Liberal Democrat leader also moved to position himself for a second coalition with Mr Cameron’s party, suggesting that an EU referendum was not a “red line” for the party.
The Prime Minister has previously said that he would not lead a government that did not commit to an EU referendum.
Asked about an EU referendum, he simply told the Today programme: “We choose the red lines that we think are most important for our future.”
But other red lines spelled out by the Liberal Democrats could be difficult for Conservative MPs to swallow – not least a commitment to raise public sector pay.
The Liberal Democrats have not ruled out a coalition with either Labour or the Conservatives.
Labour has ruled out doing a deal with the SNP but has been coy on its position with the Liberal Democrats.
The SNP has said it will vote against a Conservative government in any situation.
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