What would happen in a hung parliament?
Labour would be best placed to form a government, even if the Tories won more seats
IT’S ODDS-ON for a Conservative overall majority and the betting markets put the chances of Labour’s getting one at 20/1. But the Tory lead has narrowed slightly (see chart). If it drops to six percentage points Parliament would probably be hung—and, given that during November a fifth of voters changed their preferences (including to and from “don’t know”), that could happen. So it’s not all over for the Labour Party.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Corbyn the dealmaker”
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