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The UK Election Is Narrowing Into A Two Party Race
With the general election campaign in the United Kingdom entering its final week, the polls for the outcome of the elections seem to be narrowing to a two party race between the Conservatives and Labour. Although, just a couple of weeks ago an argument could be made for a strong conservative majority with the backing of the Brexit Party, that same argument can no longer be confidently made. The uncertainty over Brexit combined with the age old argument of ‘a vote for a third party is the same as helping the conservatives/Labour’ has caused a narrowing of the polls to benefit both Labour and Conservatives.
The Liberal Democrat’s plan to scrap Brexit entirely, the Brexit Party’s plan to ensure a “clean-break Brexit” and the Scottish National Party’s plan to stop Brexit and hold another Scottish Referendum has seemed to divided the voting population into extremes. This combined with the feeling that neither of these three party’s will realistically hold any consequential power in the next parliament, has led to their poll numbers declining sharply.
Additionally these are National Polls and hence they do not reflect how each constituency will vote. This makes any…
