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Email Print Related News Analysis: Lib Dems take brunt of anger over UK austerity 9:07am EDT Scottish secessionist SNP wins assembly majority: BBC 9:32am EDT Scottish pro-independence party set for clear win 9:24am EDT Analysis & Opinion The Black Swan of Cairo Downside risks to a Ryan presidential run Related Topics World » Stocks The leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, leaves his house in west London May 6, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Toby Melville By Mohammed Abbas LONDON | Fri May 6, 2011 10:21am EDT LONDON (Reuters) -British voters punished the Liberal Democrats for their role in a deficit-cutting government on Friday, deserting the party in local elections and almost certainly rejecting its efforts to reform the electoral system. Results from local elections in England point to a rockier future for Britain's Conservative-led coalition government, with analysts predicting a more combative stance from the partnership's Lib Dem junior partners. The Scottish National Party scored a bumper haul, winning an outright majority in Scotland's assembly -- which has limited powers devolved from London -- and opening the door for a referendum on secession from the rest of Britain. A fully independent Scotland could change the handling of profits from North Sea oil fields, a crucial tax income for cash-strapped Britain, and may also have implications for the state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland. Prime Minister David Cameron, whose Conservative party saw its vote hold up in regional elections across the country, said he believed Britain's coalition administration would survive until 2015 and complete its austerity program. "I am absolutely committed to make this coalition government that I believe is good for Britain, work for the full five years of this term," he said. The main opposition Labour Party, which has overtaken the Conservatives in opinion polls, had a mixed night. While support at local council level in England was positive, the party took a beating in Scotland, normally a heartland of its support. But the big losers were the Lib Dems who have fallen sharply out of favor with voters because of an array of policy reversals since the party formed the coalition in May 2010. "We have taken a real knock last night and we will need to learn the lessons from what we heard on the doorstep," a tired-looking Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, told reporters. "In those parts of the country .... where there are real anxieties about the deficit-reduction plans that we are having to put in place, we are clearly getting the brunt of the blame." The government has embarked on a four-year program of swinging spending cuts to rein in a record budget deficit. FEARS OF SPLIT OVERDONE The Lib Dems' poor showing has prompted a few commentators to ask if the coalition could split and derail the austerity program. But financial market investors do not appear to share the same fears. "Do they (the election results) jeopardize the coalition? Absolutely not, because the junior coalition partner has nowhere to go," said Andrew Roberts, head of European rates strategy at RBS. "It's marginal but bond-positive because we haven't got a break-up of the coalition." The Lib Dems' popularity has plummeted since they entered government with the center-right Conservatives last year and created Britain's first coalition since World War Two. A key concession won by the Lib Dems for entering the partnership was a referendum on Thursday on whether to change Britain's voting system to give more clout to smaller parties, but opinion polls predict a resounding rejection of the move. Lib Dem Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said it did "not look good" for the "Yes" campaign. The likely referendum loss and poor local vote results may spur challenges to party leader Clegg, but no contenders have emerged. In contrast to ostentatious displays of goodwill and compromise between the Conservatives and Lib Dems in the past year, analysts expect the Lib Dems now to try to better defend their policies to claw back popular support. "Lib Dems will expect their coalition representatives .... to be seen to be defending very publicly Lib Dem principles and winning battles. That is something the Lib Dems will have to do more of to show that they are actually making a difference in the coalition," said Nottingham University's Steven Fielding. (Additional reporting by Keith Weir and Matt Falloon; Editing by Matthew Jones) World Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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