Final pleas, postal vote delays and dogs: British voters go to the polls

Party leaders make last-minute appeals to electorate as Labour heavily tipped to win overwhelming majority

Under bright, blustery skies across most of the UK, British voters went to the polls on Thursday to elect their fourth prime minister in five years, with Keir Starmer’s Labour party heavily tipped to win an overwhelming parliamentary majority and bring to an end 14 years of Conservative-led government.

After weeks of campaigning following Rishi Sunak’s surprise gamble to call a July election, he and the other party leaders cast their votes across the country while making their final appeals to the electorate.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Party leaders make last-minute appeals to electorate as Labour heavily tipped to win overwhelming majorityUK election live – latest updatesUnder bright, blustery skies across most of the UK, British voters went to the polls on Thursday to elect their fourth prime minister in five years, with Keir Starmer’s Labour party heavily tipped to win an overwhelming parliamentary majority and bring to an end 14 years of Conservative-led government.After weeks of campaigning following Rishi Sunak’s surprise gamble to call a July election, he and the other party leaders cast their votes across the country while making their final appeals to the electorate. Continue reading…