Even so, just by dint of December 12 being framed as a Brexit election, his influence is significant. But he does seem to have reset the election to Boris Johnsons preferred starting position as a champion of Leave voters. Neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Corbyn had a great week, but the prime ministers would have been worse, were it not for Farage’s announcement. • A 40% vote share is normally enough for one of the top two parties to gain a comfortable majority. Given that Conservatives and Labour won 82% of the last election’s votes, it is unlikely that this plan contravenes required standards of balance.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 15, 2019 18:56 UTC