Rishi Sunak And Keir Starmer In Final Plea For Votes As U.K. Goes To The Polls
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The Conservative Party is set for a wipeout after 14 years in power, according to opinion polls.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer have made a final plea for votes as polls opened on election day across the U.K.
Millions of voters have until 10 p.m. Thursday to decide whether the Labour leader becomes prime minister or whether the leader of the Conservatives will pull off a major shock and remain in No. 10 Downing Street.
The final opinion polls of the six-week-long campaign all indicated that Labour is heading for a historic victory, with the Tories slumping to their worst ever performance.
But in Sunak’s final message to the country before polls opened at 7 a.m., the prime minister once again urged voters not to hand Labour a “supermajority.”
He said: “The reality is simple. If the polls are to be believed the country could wake up tomorrow to a Labour supermajority ready to wield their unchecked power, put up everyone’s taxes and leave the U.K. vulnerable to the threats we face at home and abroad.
