Britain has just 4 days left for the June 8 elections.
As per the results of a poll by Survation, the lead by British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party’s lead has dropped to a new low of just one percentage point.
Many British pollsters have predicted a wide range of number, ranging from landslide victory to a hung parliament which only go to show that the June 8 election is likely to be on a knife’s edge.
On June 19, Britain is scheduled to enter into formal Brexit negotiations with the European Union.
For the first time since ComRes’s polls, in what could probably be signs of the outcome of the elections, May’s personal rating have turned negative.
The Survation poll shows the 11 percentage point lead by the Conservative party has been shredded: the Conservatives have 40 percentage points while Labour has 39. May’s assumption of winning a majority is now in doubt.
“Prime Minister May’s overall majority now hangs in the balance based on our most recent data,” said Damian Lyons, Survation’s founder. “The risk of May not having an overall majority has increased significantly based on our data.”
Although May called the snap elections in order to strengthen her hand during Brexit negotiations, the likelihood of her electoral gamble failing are now significant.
May’s calling for snap elections had not only stunned her political opponents by financial markets as well. Her lead has been eroded ever since.
As per the ComRes polls, May’s personal net ratings have fallen to -3, down 12 points from a positive 9 point approval rating in February.
However, as per the Opinium poll, May is set for a parliamentary majority.
The decline in the support for the Conservative Party can be largely attributed to May’s surprise announcement last month that she would increase taxes for the elderly.
Although May later backtracked on the proposal, she grew increasingly irritated once her taxation strategy got out of the bag. She repeatedly insists to reporters that “nothing has changed”.
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