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With less than 48 hours until polls open on July 4, party leaders are making a final push to win over voters.
Speaking to the BBC, the Prime Minister defended his campaign. The situation is “definitely” better than it was under the Conservative government a few years ago.
“I think people know that we’re already turning things around in terms of what we want to do,” he said.
“It’s been a difficult few years, but things are definitely better than they were before. People are starting to feel the benefits.”
Sir Keir Starmer said a majority would be “good for the country” and that “strong support” was needed to reform the town planning system and improve the economy.
In an interview TimesThe Labour leader said a large majority would be “good for the country because it means we can roll up our sleeves and get to work on the changes that are needed”.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey is reviewing ending the “sewage scandal” as one of his party’s key priorities.
Sir Ed, who is campaigning in the south west of England, will call on the next Parliament to back a Clean Water Bill to make improvements.
“In just 48 hours, the British people can end the sewage scandal and vote to drive the Conservative government out of power,” he said.
“The dumping of filthy sewage causes immeasurable damage to our precious environment and leaves people feeling unable to swim in their local rivers and beaches for fear of getting sick.”
The visit came after the leader successfully bungee jumped on live television and urged voters to “take the plunge” and support the Liberal Democrats.
Sir Edward jumped from a 160ft high crane platform near Eastbourne on Monday morning while urging voters to support his party.
Scottish National Party (SNP) leader and First Minister John Swinney is due to visit the distillery as he calls on Scotland to reject austerity cuts from the next Labour government.
and New YouGov survey The survey found that support for the Green Party was significantly higher among Britons of Pakistani or Bangladeshi descent, at 29 percent.
According to pollsters, the Muslim community’s support for the Greens appears to be a direct result of Sir Keir’s stance on the Gaza conflict.
Depending on your geographic location, your polling place is likely close by, but many voters will want to know whether to bring a Mac or sunglasses when they go to the polls this year.
What is the weather expected to be like on Election Day?
The weather for the summer of 2024 can be described as “mixed” to say the least.
Glastonbury festival-goers were lucky to avoid the rainclouds, but unwelcome rain has returned to the UK, leaving attendees with headaches and empty wallets.
The weather forecast for Thursday is sunny but with strong winds and rain, according to the Meteorological Agency.
The BBC weather forecast added that “heavy rain will spread to parts of the north and west and become windy” on Thursday, while “it will become drier, sunny and windier in the south.”
In London, the maximum temperature will be 21°C with partly sunny spells and a light breeze, while in Edinburgh the maximum temperature will remain at 15°C with drizzle and a fresh breeze.
In Manchester, light rain will start to fall by 11am, then it will become sunny with a light breeze and a maximum temperature of 17°C.
Cardiff is expected to be partly cloudy with a calm breeze and a maximum temperature of 17°C, while Belfast will see partly sunny spells, a calm breeze and a maximum temperature of 16°C.
Wherever you are in the country, you are unlikely to see a repeat of the disaster that occurred when Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the general election while standing in the rain outside Number 10 in May.
Are polling places open in all weather conditions?
Whether it’s windy, raining or snowing, our polling stations are open in all weather conditions.
Fortunately, July elections tend not to bring the same extreme weather as winter.
The wettest general elections have all taken place in autumn or winter, but the snowiest was in May 1979, when 13cm of snow was recorded in Princetown, Devon.
And in June 1970, the highest temperature in England reached 28.3°C, followed by Wales and Scotland with 27.8°C and 26.9°C respectively.
Will the weather affect voter turnout?
There has been much speculation about how much the weather will affect voter turnout.
Candidates often worry that cold, wintry weather will discourage some voters from voting, and the shorter daylight hours add to those fears. If bad weather discourages some people from voting, it could have a big impact on close races in close elections.
The 2019 general election was the first to be held in December since 1918, and there were concerns that the weather could have an effect in close races.
From the data HCommons Library It was revealed that the turnout for the 2019 general election was 67.3%, down from 68.8% in 2017.
But despite the cold, wet and short daylight hours, the figure still exceeded the turnout recorded in the four previous elections between 2001 and 2015.
Dr Robert Saunders, lecturer in British history at Queen Mary, University of London, gave his thoughts on the effect of weather on voter turnout on election day.
“I don’t think the weather will have much of an effect on turnout, but it will affect the atmosphere and the character of the campaign,” he said. Sky News.
“Jeremy Corbyn had great success with his outdoor rally in May 2017, but it was much harder to pull off in December 2019 when it was cold, dark and miserable outside.”
“It is no coincidence that the Winter of Discontent of 1978-79 occurred during one of the coldest winters of that decade, and it is no coincidence that patience for wage restraints reached its limit among people who spent much of their time outdoors — gravediggers trying to dig through frozen ground, truck drivers in unheated cabs, garbage collectors collecting trash in the early hours of the morning.
“Similarly, the great strike of 1911 occurred during the hottest summer since records began.
“So while the effect of weather on election day may be fairly small, it can shape the atmosphere of the campaign and the issues people feel strongly about.”
John Curtice, an Oxford University academic and election expert, said there was insufficient evidence to suggest that weather affected voter turnout in the general election.
“We’ve had one or two general elections in the past where it rained in some parts of the country and not in others, but there was no significant difference in voter turnout,” he said. Parents.
“Nobody’s really done an analysis of local elections. It’s one of the most common theories about turnout, but nobody’s found any evidence to support it. People tend to avoid December and January elections because snow can have an effect. If we get a little bit of rain in the Southeast, people think that has something to do with it.”
Elsewhere, Scholars at the University of Gothenburg They cite several studies that they claim “provide robust empirical evidence of the impact of rain on voting.” 2007 Study A study by Gomez, Hansford, and Krauss suggests that one inch of rain reduces voter turnout in U.S. presidential elections by about one percent, and one inch of snow reduces turnout by almost half a percent. “This is a small but statistically significant effect,” they note.
They also argue that Republicans would benefit from rain on Election Day because it would make Democrats more likely to abstain from voting. This effect would be small, but enough to affect a close election, they argue.
In fact, it has even been said that if there had been less rain in 2000, Al Gore would have won Florida and become President of the United States instead of George Bush.
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