The people of Britain will vote today to elect their government. Here Conservative Party leader Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is in direct competition with Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. According to the exit polls so far, Sunak seems to be losing power this time. However, PM Sunak did not accept defeat. He was seen trying to bring people towards his party till the end of the election campaign.
Votes will be cast for the general election in the United Kingdom today. Its result will also be out late at night or the next morning. PM Rishi Sunak has been campaigning himself by traveling thousands of miles for the last few weeks. Now is the time for decision. With voting today, the people here will decide about Sunak's 20-month tenure as Prime Minister and the four Conservative Prime Ministers before him. It is believed that this time Britain can trust the Labor Party, which has been waiting to come to power since 2005.
Current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has put in all his effort
During a busy schedule in the last two days of the election campaign, Sunak visited a food distribution warehouse, a supermarket, a firm. He constantly emphasized that the result of the election is not predetermined. The Conservative leader who is in office from October 2022. He said that people are seeing that we have turned the corner. These have been very difficult years but there is no doubt that we are in a better position than before.
The Labor Party flourished
Rishi Sunak's biggest rival, Keir Starmer's Labour Party, has also put in all its effort in the campaign and has constantly appealed to people to vote wisely. Keir Starmer himself has led the six-week campaign and has urged his centre-left party to vote for opportunity and change. Most people, including analysts and politicians, expect that the public may support Starmer this time.
A country in search of new ideas
Former Labor candidate Douglas Beattie told AP that the country is looking for new energy away from a tired and divided government. He quipped that people are fed up with the mistakes of the Conservative Party. Actually, the journey so far has not been good for Sunak. Apart from this, the image of his party also kept deteriorating among the public. It started with Boris Johnson when he was seen partying during the Covid-19 lockdown.