May, Corbyn clash over Brexit plans with United Kingdom vote a week away

A YouGov survey showed May’s lead at a fresh low of 3 percentage points with the opposition Labour party polling 39 per cent against the Conservatives’ 42 per cent.

While British pollsters all predict May will win the most seats in Thursday’s election, they have given an array of different numbers for how big her win will be, ranging from a landslide victory to a much more slender win without a majority. That would give her more room and flexibility to handle her own backbenchers and deal with the EU.

Theresa May’s once-formidable lead has been eroded though her Conservative Party could still be on course to win a majority of seats in parliament.

‘One thing it clear, that Theresa May’s government will put taxes up’.

One audience member asked if he would ‘allow North Korea or some idiot in Iran to bomb us and then say “we’d better start talking”‘.

Corbyn said Britain’s democratic values must be maintained.

I have said earlier that it will be a dramatic election, but nothing like what we are seeing right now. The truth is that the presidential-style campaign does not suit Theresa May.

Mr Corbyn didn’t get off lightly either, with the first question from the audience on why the British public should trust him to negotiate Brexit.

He urged voters to “resist Islamophobia and division and turn out on June 8 united in our determination to show our democracy is strong”.

Jeremy Corbyn was seen to have performed well in a series of television debates.

“It doesn’t give a strong impression of how she might deal with European Union leaders if she’s elected to be prime minister again”. May engaged with the questions more than she has in previous TV events, and was more confident and fluent than she had been on Monday night.

The greatest blow to her campaign has been May’s attempt to go back on a manifesto proposal on social care where elderly people would have to pay a share for social care.

The Tory manifesto had committed not to increase the level of VAT, so by ruling out income tax changes as well it is only National Insurance that could increase if Mrs May is returned to Number 10 on June 8.

The former Democratic presidential candidate praised Corbyn, 68, for his willingness to address class issues, saying most politicians avoid talking about the subject of class conflict due to the sensitivity of the matter.

However the findings contrast sharply with a ComRes poll for the Independent and Sunday Mirror which still shows the Conservatives with a healthy 12 point advantage.

In a sign of where the Tories intend to go in the final week of the campaign, she was eager to get in her attacks on Labour’s fiscal plans. “Even with Brexit, maybe some good can come out of all of this”.

“I’m afraid there is a lesson here about Jeremy Corbyn’s psychology and his politics and his naivety, with which he approaches not just the logic of the nuclear deterrent but also the Brexit negotiations“.

May was taunted by other party leaders on Thursday for not attending a televised debate with them.

The ones who hide their because they don’t think they should have to pay taxes like you and me.

The PM’s comments sparked complaints from Labour that she was getting involved in political debate on a day when the parties had agreed to halt election campaiging until the evening.