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AS ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS come to an end in the United Kingdom the Conservative party have suffered from last-minute blows.
As the final results of the final YouGov poll were published this evening, The Sun newspaper – a staunch Tory-supporting tabloid and known to back election winners – published its preview of tomorrow’s front page.
“As Britain goes to the polls, it’s time for a new manager… and we don’t mean sack Southgate,” the front page of the paper says, poking fun at calls to oust the England football manager.
As the paper explains, while it supports many of the policies brought in under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s time in No 10 – such as the Rwanda policy and tax reforms – it adds: “Put bluntly, the Tories are exhausted.”
“It’s time for change,” the paper adds.
The results of the final YouGov poll are less forgiving as they project Sunak’s Conservative Party are on track to lose more than 260 seats, including some high-profile MPs.
Compared to the 2019 General Election result, the British Labour Party are on track to gain more almost 230 seats, doubling their current count and even win some seats in SNP strongholds in Scotland.
Sunak insisted in a closing speech to supporters this evening that the contest was “not over”, while conceding he was the “underdog”.
Labour leader Keir Starmer crossed the country in a bid to shore up support and warn against overconfidence in the campaign’s remaining hours.
“What I’ve said to the team is nobody is to be complacent,” he told reporters. Quipping that he hoped it would not be bringing them home anytime soon, Starmer said Labour had been doing “a lot of preparation” for governing.
“We’re not going to get a period of time for grace. We’re going to start straight away.”
Voters head to the polls from 7.00 am tomorrow morning, with results expected from around 2230 GMT into Friday morning.
Keep up-to-date with the latest election news from Northern Ireland, here. The Journal will bring you the latest results and breaking stories throughout the day tomorrow and into the night.
Contains reporting from © AFP 2024
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Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo f****** hoo, so now there average 70,000 per annum wage might be under threat.. Welcome to the real Irish world.
The ESB will stay under state control. This union move is just to get another 10k a year for employees…
Are the ESB workers afraid of efficient working practices? Or of ESB being a competitive company?
Who’d willingly jump off the gravy train
We all know the ESB lads have it handy , new owner means they might have to go and do a bit of work for a change ……. “start the strikes early and get all we can out of the government before they sell ” …………………… all state and semi state bodies are being breastfed by the government —- time for a change in our staple services .
hahaha ESB workers…bye bye to your 4 foreign holidays a year and 70/80.000 salary!!
Well done Gavin Sheridan of TheStory.ie. NAMA will have to crawl further under the rock of secrecy.
Norris has some determination!
Others might call it neck.
Privatisation does not equate with efficiency. It equates with theft, low wages and shit working conditions. Private sector efficiency is bullshit. If there is efficiency it is efficient direction of capital and money to a small cabal of greedy bastards. This is achieved by job losses and effective dismantling of customer service. Wake up you neoliberal automatons they will soon be fucking with your futures too.
I wouldn’t call it neo-liberal to suggest that public-sector spending should have efficient direction of capital. Especially if that capital is paid through our taxes.
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