UK general election preview: what to look out for as Britain goes to the polls

摘要

The UK’s snap election on 8 June initially looked like being a comfortable victory for Theresa May and the Conservatives, but with the polls tightening in the last few weeks, there is now far more uncertainty about the outcome. We asked some of our contributors for their reflections on the campaign and the key things to watch out for when the results come in.ududPatrick Dunleavy: Three things we’ve learned already from the 2017 campaign turnaroundududEunice Goes: Corbyn will lose the election, but he has already changed British politicsududThomas J. Leeper: The Brexit election that never wasududEleanor Knott: EU citizens – taxation, but no representationududIsabelle Hertner: The Liberal Democrats’ pro-EU campaign has fallen flatududStuart Brown: The SNP will win in Scotland, but the story of the night might well be the revival of Scottish LabourududJulian Göpffarth: The view from Germany – a longing for British pragmatism