British Prime Minister Theresa May's narrowing lead in opinion polls ahead of the June 8 election has weakened sterling and raised questions over whether she will win the landslide predicted just over a month ago.
British Prime Minister Theresa May faces the voters on Thursday in an election she called to strengthen her hand in looming Brexit talks, with her personal authority at stake after a campaign that saw her lead in opinion polls contract.
Britain went to the polls today to elect the prime minister who will chart Britain's course through Brexit negotiations and confront the aftermath of three terror attacks in less than three months.
As polling stations across Britain has opened, opinion polls show the outcome of the general election could be a lot tighter than had been predicted when Prime Minister Theresa May announced the vote six weeks ago.
Today, Jeremy Corbyn's future -- and possibly that of the venerable Labour Party itself -- will be determined by one of Britain's most extraordinary elections.
Polls opened in Britain on Thursday, in an election Prime Minister Theresa May once expected to win easily but which has proved increasingly hard to predict following a campaign shadowed by terrorism.
Exit polls of UK elections favour Theresa May continuing her term as Prime Minister. The snap elections were announced by May on April 18. This elections determine who gets to negotiate Britain's departure from the EU over the next two years, and the strength of mandate that the government will have in parliament for five years. Chief contenders for the post are There...
On the eve of an election Prime Minister Theresa May returned to her core message that only she can deliver a good Brexit deal, moving on from a heated national debate over security after two deadly Islamist attacks.
Britain goes to polls today after the country's Prime Minister Theresa May announced general elections on April 18. The national election is the election for the House of Commons or the lower house of parliament much like India's Lok Sabha. Voters are asked to elect a member of parliament for their local constituency, which on average have about 72,000 voters. The big...
Britain braces for the final day of general election campaigning on Wednesday, after a turbulent few weeks which have shifted the political ground and been marred by terror attacks.
Two days from a parliamentary election that has been upended by a van and knife attack that killed seven people in the heart of London, Prime Minister Theresa May's record on security dominated the campaign agenda on Tuesday.
EU leaders hope Theresa May is re-elected on Thursday, ideally with a bigger majority, even though the British prime minister has said this would help her drive a harder bargain on Brexit.
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on Monday backed calls for Prime Minister Theresa May to resign for reducing the number of police officers during her six years as interior minister.
After a deadly terrorist attack on London Bridge, British Prime Minister Theresa May resumes campaigning on Monday just three days before a national election which polls show is much tighter than previously predicted.
Jeremy Corbyn started Britain's election campaign as a rank outsider, but the opposition Labour leader is riding a surge in support ahead of Thursday's vote that he hopes could make him prime minister.
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Opinion: Why Theresa May Got It All So Terribly WrongAndrew Whitehead
Friday June 09, 2017Britain's election has delivered a topsy-turvy verdict. The result is straight out of Alice in Wonderland. The winner has lost; and the loser has won.
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