Labour ’99 percent certain’ to beat Blair’s UK election landslide: Poll
Al Jazeera
After 14 years of Conservative rule, Keir Starmer’s Labour appears set to inherit a divided country with a faltering economy.
Barring a major upset in the coming hours, the Keir Starmer-led Labour Party is on course to win Thursday’s general election with a record landslide, a poll suggests.
Late on Tuesday, the poll by Survation predicted that the centre-left party is “99 percent certain to win more seats than in 1997” when Tony Blair ended 18 years of Conservative rule.
The United Kingdom’s new prime minister is set to inherit a country beset by economic and social woes and a deeply divided political system.
The fight among those vying to dominate the opposition is less predictable, with the right-wing Conservatives, in power for the past 14 years, trying to fend off a hard-right threat led by Nigel Farage, the telegenic populist and key architect of Brexit who is hoping his Reform UK party gains traction.
“The incoming government will face many serious challenges,” said Toby James, professor of politics and public policy at the University of East Anglia.
