The opinion polls make dire reading for the Conservatives, with the newly-formed Brexit Party forecast to win the most seats, ratcheting up the pressure on May. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Saturday that whoever replaces May, calling an early general election risked "killing Brexit" and making veteran socialist Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn prime minister. "A general election before we've delivered Brexit would be a disaster," he told The Daily Telegraph newspaper. "A general election before that not only risks Jeremy Corbyn, but it risks killing Brexit altogether." Johnson was on 39 percent, ahead of former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab on 13 percent, interior minister Sajid Javid and Environment Secretary Michael Gove on nine percent each and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on eight percent.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 19, 2019 01:52 UTC