British Prime Minister Theresa May boycotted a primetime television debate Wednesday, just days before the June 8 general election, prompting accusations of a floundering campaign as polls slashed her ruling Conservative party’s lead. “It’s actually about getting out and about, meeting voters and hearing directly from voters,” the prime minister said. Polls tighteningThe Conservatives enjoyed a 20-point lead at the start of the campaign but this has now fallen into single figures. But a shock projection in The Times newspaper forecast that the Conservatives could lose their majority in the 650-seat House of Commons. Using new constituency-by-constituency modelling, the projection by pollsters YouGov said the party could lose 20 seats to end up with 310.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 01, 2017 11:37 UTC