The UK election has long been thought a long-gone conclusion, and indeed it is. But over the last 48 hours or so the polling news, which is still awful for Labour, has improved.
The Tories have made a few mistakes: one scheme that may hit old pensioners. Labour’s Manifesto appears to have had some impact.
It is also hard to know whether this will be short-lived.
But it is real. Labour had been suggesting breaking 200 seats would constitute success, and in fact they seem on the verge of that.
Also, in unrelated news, is a good article on the SNP in Scotland, which has faded a bit. The trajectory of the SNP is in many ways similar to the PQ in Canada. The SNP has run Scotland for over a decade, but the Party’s ratings have fallen, as well as Sturgeon’s personal rating.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/19/the-guardian-view-on-the-election-in-scotland-
a-pivotal-poll-for-the-snp
