Three straight polls have shown a Labour surge.
Hopes that Labour can form a government have been boosted by three polls which show them narrowing the Conservatives’ poll lead.
Two UK-wide polls suggest that support for Labour has risen over the last week.
A poll from Wales also suggests that, since the start of the election campaign, Labour have overtaken the Tories as the most popular party.
Hopes of a Conservative majority are widely considered to rest on the party picking up seats in Wales, the Midlands and the North of England – to offset probable losses in London, the South-West and Scotland.
Several bookmakers shortened their odds on a Labour majority while lengthening the odds on a Tory majority – although the Conservatives remain strong favourites to form the next government.
Bet365, PaddyPower and Betfred reduced the odds of a Labour majority to between 16/1 and 20/1. The odds of a Tory majority drifted to 4/9. A Labour minority government is at about 5/1.
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9 Responses to “Bookies shorten odds on Labour majority as three polls show surge”
Patrick Newman
Anymore advance and you will not believe what the military, religious and media establishment will unleash on Jeremy Corbyn and Labour. However, it is difficult to see how the attack by Rabbi Mirvis can be topped. The character assassins may have peaked too early. Surely MI5 can produce ‘evidence’ that Corbyn is a paid Russian spy or worked for the firing squad of the Stasi!
Ray
Let”s hope Labour don’t improve too much in the polls, we don’t want any terrorist attacks.
Julia Gibb
The claims by those who support Scottish Independence that the State controlled media actively campaigned against them and that the intelligence service were/are used against them were dismissed by Labour politicians.
We are now witnessing the most organised attack by the State and media against any political Party. Perhaps people will wake up to reality now. The elite control the media.
I don’t vote Labour but these recent organised attacks are an outrageous insult to democracy.
Tom Sacold
Great to see some progress in the polls.
Remember – We can only implement Jeremy’s socialist manifesto once we are beyond the rules and regulations of the EU’s Single Market and ECJ.
Elizabeth Chell
It’s surprising that the gap has not been reduced further, but with the dirty tricks campaign on Corbyn’s back and some religious leaders now throwing their weight around, it doesn’t quite feel like a fair fight. After all, when it comes to the abuse of religious minorities Boris Johnson is condemned out of his own mouth.