London, Stop Labour's "supermajority" is the final message that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is trying to convey on Wednesday, the last day of campaigning before Thursday's election, when the majority of incumbent Conservatives appear having practically recognized their defeat in the general elections.
"This is what unites us. We need to stop the Labor supermajority from raising your taxes. The only way to do that is to vote Conservative tomorrow," Sunak, 44, said on social media, while beating the drum. support in the last hours of the campaign.
With his party far behind the Keir Starmer-led Labor Party, the strategy of the British Indian leader and his team appears to be to canvass his traditional voters to ensure a strong enough turnout at Thursday's polls and close the vote gap. his widely expected defeat. after the victories of the conservatives in the last three elections.
"I fully accept that the current state of the polls means that tomorrow we will probably see the biggest Labor majority, the biggest majority this country has ever seen. Much bigger than in 1997," Sunak's Work and Pensions Secretary told the BBC. , Mel Stride. .
"I have accepted that where the polls are at the moment... therefore it is very likely that tomorrow we will be in a situation where [the Labor Party has] the largest majority that any party has ever achieved," he said, acknowledging effectively the victory of his party. failure.
It is being seen as a scare tactic to incite Conservative voters into action, in the hope of keeping Labour's majority below that won by former Prime Minister Tony Blair's 1997 Labor Party-led 179 seats.
"Thursday's vote is now about forming a strong enough opposition. We have to read the writing on the wall: it's over, and we have to prepare for the reality and frustration of the opposition," Suella Braverman, dismissed as Home Minister by Rishi. Sunak told 'The Telegraph'.
Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, not exactly a close ally of Sunak since the scandal of parties breaking the law during the COVID pandemic, was also introduced by the party at a campaign event in London to warn against a “majority of the deck.” handed over to the Labor Party led by Keir Starmer.
"When Rishi asked me to come help, of course I couldn't say no. We're all here because we love our country," Johnson told a cheering conservative crowd.
"They can achieve nothing in this election except usher in the most left-wing Labor government since the war with a huge majority, and we must not let that happen," he warned.
Meanwhile, the Labor Party is keen to quash this message of victory as a foregone conclusion a day before the election to fight any complacency within the ranks and among its own voter base.
"People say polls predict the future; they don't predict the future, every vote counts, every vote must be earned... It's not a 'job done,'" Starmer said.
Polling experts have predicted low turnout, which stood at 67 per cent in the last general election in December 2019, when Johnson won a solid majority with his "get Brexit done" message.
On Thursday, polls will open nationwide at 7 a.m. local time and will close at 10 p.m. local time, when voters elect their MPs for the UK Parliament's 650 constituencies, with 326 needed to gain a majority and avoid a hung Parliament.
All eyes will then be on the election night exit poll at 10pm, which offers a good snapshot of what to expect nationally as counting begins and focuses on all over the UK. If opinion polls are to be believed, the ruling Conservatives are in line to win between 53 and 150 seats, with Labor predicted to win a landslide victory.
"This is what unites us. We need to stop the Labor supermajority from raising your taxes. The only way to do that is to vote Conservative tomorrow," Sunak, 44, said on social media, while beating the drum. support in the last hours of the campaign.
With his party far behind the Keir Starmer-led Labor Party, the strategy of the British Indian leader and his team appears to be to canvass his traditional voters to ensure a strong enough turnout at Thursday's polls and close the vote gap. his widely expected defeat. after the victories of the conservatives in the last three elections.
"I fully accept that the current state of the polls means that tomorrow we will probably see the biggest Labor majority, the biggest majority this country has ever seen. Much bigger than in 1997," Sunak's Work and Pensions Secretary told the BBC. , Mel Stride. .
"I have accepted that where the polls are at the moment... therefore it is very likely that tomorrow we will be in a situation where [the Labor Party has] the largest majority that any party has ever achieved," he said, acknowledging effectively the victory of his party. failure.
It is being seen as a scare tactic to incite Conservative voters into action, in the hope of keeping Labour's majority below that won by former Prime Minister Tony Blair's 1997 Labor Party-led 179 seats.
"Thursday's vote is now about forming a strong enough opposition. We have to read the writing on the wall: it's over, and we have to prepare for the reality and frustration of the opposition," Suella Braverman, dismissed as Home Minister by Rishi. Sunak told 'The Telegraph'.
Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, not exactly a close ally of Sunak since the scandal of parties breaking the law during the COVID pandemic, was also introduced by the party at a campaign event in London to warn against a “majority of the deck.” handed over to the Labor Party led by Keir Starmer.
"When Rishi asked me to come help, of course I couldn't say no. We're all here because we love our country," Johnson told a cheering conservative crowd.
"They can achieve nothing in this election except usher in the most left-wing Labor government since the war with a huge majority, and we must not let that happen," he warned.
Meanwhile, the Labor Party is keen to quash this message of victory as a foregone conclusion a day before the election to fight any complacency within the ranks and among its own voter base.
"People say polls predict the future; they don't predict the future, every vote counts, every vote must be earned... It's not a 'job done,'" Starmer said.
Polling experts have predicted low turnout, which stood at 67 per cent in the last general election in December 2019, when Johnson won a solid majority with his "get Brexit done" message.
On Thursday, polls will open nationwide at 7 a.m. local time and will close at 10 p.m. local time, when voters elect their MPs for the UK Parliament's 650 constituencies, with 326 needed to gain a majority and avoid a hung Parliament.
All eyes will then be on the election night exit poll at 10pm, which offers a good snapshot of what to expect nationally as counting begins and focuses on all over the UK. If opinion polls are to be believed, the ruling Conservatives are in line to win between 53 and 150 seats, with Labor predicted to win a landslide victory.
