UK opposition leader urges people to vote for 'hope'

(11 Dec 2019) The leader of Britain's main opposition party said on Wednesday that his Labour party represented the "hopes and dreams of so many people", and he promised he would be investing to end austerity if elected.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn made the remarks on the last day of the campaign, as political leaders dashed around the country trying to win over millions of undecided voters.

In an election campaign in which Prime Minister Boris Johnson has focused relentlessly on Brexit, Labour has focused on domestic issues, especially the wear and tear to the country’s state-funded health service after nine years of Conservative government austerity.

Labour also promises to boost public spending, nationalize Britain’s railways and utilities and provide everyone in the country with free internet access - all paid for by raising taxes on high earners.

On Brexit, Labour says it will negotiate a new divorce deal with the EU, then offer voters the choice in a new referendum between leaving on those terms and remaining in the bloc.

For many voters, Thursday's election offers an unpalatable choice.

Both Johnson and Corbyn have personal approval ratings in negative territory, and both have been dogged by questions about their character.

Johnson has been confronted with past broken promises, untruths and offensive statements, from calling the children of single mothers “ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate” to comparing Muslim women who wear face-covering veils to "letter boxes".

Corbyn has been accused of allowing anti-Semitism to spread within the party.



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