Since the morning of the 9th June, the Conservative Party has sought to understand why it failed to win a majority in last month’s election. Britain’s, and perhaps the world’s, most electorally successful political party was expected to win a thumping majority. On the eve of the vote, some pollsters anticipated a majority of up to 96 seats for the Tories. Instead, Theresa May lost 13 seats, and with them her overall majority. But one thing is clear: Labour motivated young people to vote in a way they had failed to do before,…

Source: The Times July 03, 2017 23:48 UTC