U.K. election: Polls put Boris Johnson on track for a pro-Brexit victory

[RandySF]

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears to be steaming toward the parliamentary majority he desperately desires to pass his Brexit deal and end the gridlock in Westminster.

Why it matters: Thursday’s vote is the culmination of three years of intense efforts to deliver Brexit, and to block it. The rocky road Johnson has plodded along since replacing Theresa May in July would become much smoother with a resounding electoral mandate.

Driving the news: This has been a brutal campaign fought by two leaders who are disliked and distrusted by broad swaths of the public.

Johnson has been accused of repeatedly misleading voters, while opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has been charged with allowing anti-Semitism to fester within his Labour Party.
Opponents of Brexit now believe the only thing that can stop a Johnson majority is tactical voting, with voters selecting Labour or the fiercely anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats depending on which party is more likely to defeat the local Conservative candidate.
The latest polls:

Conservatives: 43% (+5 since election called in late October)
Labour: 33% (+7)
Lib Dems: 13% (-3)
Brexit: 3% (-7)
Greens: 3% (=)

[ritapria]

1. The latest poll from ICM Research

has it : Con 42% Lab 36% Lib Dem 12 % . The Left and Centre-Left are divided 4 ways : The SNP , The Greens , The Liberal Democrats and Labour while The Conservatives basically own the right . In a 'first past the post' system , it puts Labour in a deep hole before the race begins . All of this makes The City of London terribly rich and happy; whilst the British people face 5 more years of brutal Austerity . It is up to the young people of the UK to save the day- and prove the pollsters wrong , as they were in 2017 .