Tag: UK electoral campaign

• Friday, May 26th 2017 - 07:16 UTC

  Labour cuts Conservatives lead to five points, according to post-Manchester poll

  

  Britain's opposition Labour Party has cut the lead of Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives to five points less than a fortnight before a national election, according to the first poll published since the suicide bombing in Manchester killed 22 people.

• Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 09:10 UTC

  UK top union leader anticipates major loss for Labour; Corbyn releases plans to nationalize energy and water industries

  

  One of Jeremy Corbyn's key allies, Unite boss Len McCluskey, has said he cannot see Labour winning the election. A Labor victory on 8 June would be “extraordinary” given the state of the party and criticism of it in the media. He suggested winning 200 seats - nearly 30 fewer than in 2015 - would be a “successful” result for Mr. Corbyn.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2015 - 05:43 UTC

  Europe at center of debate in UK electoral campaign that anticipates no clear winner

  

  Several lawmakers from British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives will join the anti-EU UK Independence Party if he renews a coalition with the pro-EU Liberal Democrats, UKIP’s leader Nigel Farage forecasted.