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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks set to win Dec 12 poll - by default

British PM likely to triumph in polls because his opponents are less convincing than he is

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) launching his party's manifesto in Birmingham last Thursday. Mr Corbyn's history of far-left revolutionary leanings and his present vacillating policy over Brexit have split the voters w
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the launch of his Conservative Party’s general election campaign in Birmingham earlier this month. He is expected to win the Dec 12 election, based on current opinion polls. = PHOTO: REUTERS
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) launching his party's manifesto in Birmingham last Thursday. Mr Corbyn's history of far-left revolutionary leanings and his present vacillating policy over Brexit have split the voters w
Mr Boris Johnson and Mr Jeremy Corbyn in a televised debate on ITV last Tuesday. The writer says Mr Johnson looks set to win the Dec 12 election because his opponents are even less convincing than he is. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) launching his party's manifesto in Birmingham last Thursday. Mr Corbyn's history of far-left revolutionary leanings and his present vacillating policy over Brexit have split the voters w
The Brexit Party – which is not doing well in opinion polls – is led by Mr Nigel Farage, seen here holding his “Contract With The People” document at the launch of his party’s election policy in London last Friday. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) launching his party's manifesto in Birmingham last Thursday. Mr Corbyn's history of far-left revolutionary leanings and his present vacillating policy over Brexit have split the voters w
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) launching his party’s manifesto in Birmingham last Thursday. Mr Corbyn’s history of far-left revolutionary leanings and his present vacillating policy over Brexit have split the voters who want Britain to remain in the European Union, and who may amount to almost half the electorate, says the writer. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) launching his party's manifesto in Birmingham last Thursday. Mr Corbyn's history of far-left revolutionary leanings and his present vacillating policy over Brexit have split the voters w
Ms Jo Swinson (in purple coat), leader of the Liberal Democrats, campaigning in London. Ms Swinson has failed to mobilise the pro-European vote, and has not impressed the electorate by saying that she would refuse to serve in either a Johnson- or Corbyn-led coalition. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Ms Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party, posing for a selfie with supporters during a visit to the Scottish Borders as part of a campaign ahead of the general election. PHOTO: DPA
Standing in the foreground, from left: Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley, deputy leader Amelia Womack and co-leader Sian Berry in London last Tuesday for the launch of their party’s manifesto for the election. PHOTO: DPA
Jonathan Eyal Global Affairs Correspondent In London
Updated
Dec 10, 2019, 01:04 PM
Published
Nov 26, 2019, 05:00 AM
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If current opinion polls in Britain are to be believed, Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks set to win the forthcoming general election.

With just two weeks of the electoral campaign remaining before the Dec 12 ballot, Mr Johnson's ruling Conservative Party has opened up a crushing double-digit lead over Labour, its chief opponent.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 26, 2019, with the headline UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks set to win Dec 12 poll - by default. Subscribe

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