Why the UKIP are scum

[YL]

UKIP are nothing like the BNP.

No, but Tory voters go to UKIP for similar reasons Labour voters went to the BNP. So, BNP for posh people.

There may be an element of truth there, but it's much more complicated than that.  UKIP didn't get 22% in the Rotherham by-election by being "for posh people" (and they also came second in Middlesbrough, which I think is even less posh than Rotherham).

Anyway, yes UKIP seem to attract more than their fair share of people with, um, interesting ideas.  They often do do something about them when someone in the media finds out, but I think that in many cases (including the one I'm most familiar with) they really should have known about the controversial views before that.

[YL]

Does anyone have current 2nd preference numbers?

No, but Yougov sometimes ask a question which is vaguely related, namely which sort of government voters would prefer, out of Con majority, Lab majority, Con/LD coalition and Lab/LD coalition.  When they asked this in their 16 Jan 2013 poll, among current Lib Dem voters (warning - small sample, less than 200) the percentages were Lab/LD coalition 53%, Con/LD coalition 35%, Lab majority 3%, Con majority 2%, don't know 8%.