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It was supposed to be the Brexit Election. When Theresa May announced back in April she was calling a risky snap election, three years before it was necessary, she invited British voters to increase her Conservative government's majority and give her the strengthened mandate she needed to go into Brexit talks and get a good deal for the country.
It was a battle between what she defined her "strong and stable" leadership and a "coalition of chaos" under her opponent, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
UK election: Theresa May's 'snap election' gamble backfires
In the end, it was the Brexit Election -- just not in the way everyone predicted. Having pledged to be the strong Prime Minister fighting for Britain in the negotiating room in Brussels, May appears to have lost her majority because of voters rejected the type of Brexit she had proposed.
May had set out a plan for a "hard Brexit", with Britain severing almost all ties with the European Union. Instead, voters preferred the "softer Brexit" proposed by Labour under Jeremy Corbyn, or the "no Brexit" line touted by the Liberal Democrats, still fighting the cause for Remain.
With most results in, Labour has picked up the support of two crucial groups of voters: Leave supporters in the north of England who at the 2015 election had backed the anti-EU party Ukip, and Remain voters in the south of England who switched from both Conservatives apparently in protest at Brexit.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...GriI02UH7RagYBBgg&sig2=Jq3j7NOlmPP1mIP3UpewhQ
It was a battle between what she defined her "strong and stable" leadership and a "coalition of chaos" under her opponent, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
UK election: Theresa May's 'snap election' gamble backfires
In the end, it was the Brexit Election -- just not in the way everyone predicted. Having pledged to be the strong Prime Minister fighting for Britain in the negotiating room in Brussels, May appears to have lost her majority because of voters rejected the type of Brexit she had proposed.
May had set out a plan for a "hard Brexit", with Britain severing almost all ties with the European Union. Instead, voters preferred the "softer Brexit" proposed by Labour under Jeremy Corbyn, or the "no Brexit" line touted by the Liberal Democrats, still fighting the cause for Remain.
With most results in, Labour has picked up the support of two crucial groups of voters: Leave supporters in the north of England who at the 2015 election had backed the anti-EU party Ukip, and Remain voters in the south of England who switched from both Conservatives apparently in protest at Brexit.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...GriI02UH7RagYBBgg&sig2=Jq3j7NOlmPP1mIP3UpewhQ
