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Jan van der Made

UK voters expected to make a significant shift away from the ruling Tory party

Traffic passes a poster ahead of the forthcoming general election in south London on June 7, 2017. Reuters/Hannah McKay

British voters head to the polls this Thursday, with the opposition Labour Party projected to secure a landslide victory. However, experts suggest that the vote is driven more by fatigue from over a decade of Conservative rule marked by erratic policy decisions, political chaos, and a deteriorating economy, rather than strong support for Labour's platform.

John Barry, a political scientist at Queens University in Belfast, predicts that the Conservative Party will "suffer a massive defeat".

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