British Prime Minister Theresa May was fighting to shore up her general election campaign on Wednesday after a shock projection forecast a hung parliament and left the pound wobbling. The opposition Labour party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, has gradually nibbled away at the Conservative lead in the polls, with the campaign back in full swing after the Manchester attack. Polls tighteningMay called the election three years early in a bid to strengthen her slender majority in parliament going into the Brexit talks. Recent opinion polls have showed the gap between the Conservatives and Labour closing. Using new constituency-by-constituency modelling, the projection by pollsters YouGov said the Conservatives would lose 20 seats to 310, with Labour up 28 to 257.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 31, 2017 18:33 UTC