52% don’t know who Farron is

MORE than half of voters do not know who Tim Farron is, it was revealed last night

A poll found only 48 per cent knew the Liberal Democrat leader who replaced Nick Clegg two years ago.

Mr Farron had been hoping to lead a revival of the party, which was reduced to eight MPs in 2015 after five years in the Coalition government. But his strong opposition to Brexit has so far failed to win over voters.

The poll of 2,000 people, conducted by Opinium for the betting firm Sporting Index, found Mr Farron was the least well known of the three main political leaders. By comparison, 81 per cent knew Theresa May was the Tory leader and 79 per cent knew Jeremy Corbyn leads Labour. Ed Fulton, of Sporting Index, said: ‘Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron have spent big to make sure they are as recognisable as possible but a large percentage of the population still don’t know who they are.’ He suggested this could indicate apathy to politics or that the party leaders ‘simply aren’t charismatic enough’.