Will Brexit Get Done?<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn seats where Conservatives can be challenged, voters are putting aside their political differences, holding their noses, and voting for the party most likely to topple Johnson. Numerous websites have sprung up advising how to vote strategically.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s almost impossible to know how many people will vote tactically on election day, and in which constituencies, until they actually do it.<\/p>\n
Analysis published last week by the pro-Remain campaign \u201cBest for Britain\u201d found that Johnson would be denied a majority if just 41,000 people voted tactically in 36 of the UK\u2019s 650 constituencies.<\/p>\n
The failure of a single party to win a majority is called a hung parliament. When this happens, the prime minister in power before the election is given the choice of forming a coalition government with another party or struggling on with a minority government. He could also resign and ask the opposition government to form a coalition, although in Johnson\u2019s case, this is unlikely.<\/p>\n
If the Conservatives return to power with a working majority, they have promised to pass a withdrawal agreement with the EU in January. But a minority government would result in further stalemate, severely hampering their ability to get Brexit done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brits head to the polls on Thursday for one of the most difficult general elections to predict in a long time. It\u2019s not the outright winner that\u2019s proving so hard to call \u2013 Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s Conservative Party is all but guaranteed to win the most seats \u2013 it\u2019s the all-important margin of victory. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":122035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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