UK general election preview: What to look out for as Britain goes to the polls

Features published in the final days of the election campaign for the General Election held in the United Kingdom on the 8 June 2017.

The UK’s snap election on 8 June 2017 initially looked like being a comfortable victory for Theresa May and the Conservatives, but with the polls tightening in the last few weeks, there was far more uncertainty about the outcome. EuroppBlog asked some of its contributors for their reflections on the campaign and the key things to watch out for when the results came in.

+ Patrick Dunleavy: Three things we’ve learned already from the 2017 campaign turnaround
+ Eunice Goes: Corbyn will lose the election, but he has already changed British politics
+ Thomas J. Leeper: The Brexit election that never was
+ Eleanor Knott: EU citizens – taxation, but no representation
+ Isabelle Hertner: The Liberal Democrats’ pro-EU campaign has fallen flat
+ Stuart Brown: The SNP will win in Scotland, but the story of the night might well be the revival of Scottish Labour
+ Julian Göpffarth: The view from Germany – a longing for British pragmatism

For the ESO Key Source record on the United Kingdom general election 2017, providing you with access to a comprehensive set of information, click here.

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ESO: Key source: United Kingdom: Parliamentary Election, 8 June 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/united-kingdom-general-election-2017/

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BBC News, 07.06.17: General election: Leaders tour country in final appeal for votes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40180071

EurActiv, 08.06.17: On eve of election, May tries to put focus back on Brexit http://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/on-eve-of-election-may-tries-to-put-focus-back-on-brexit/

Politico, 08.06.17: An election that offered few answers http://www.politico.eu/article/uk-election-theresa-may-jeremy-corbyn-campaign-brexit-offered-few-answers/

EUObserver, 08.06.17: May's election win would still mean hard Brexit https://euobserver.com/uk-referendum/138148

Euro|Topics: Debates, June 2017: Setting the course before Brexit http://www.eurotopics.net/en/179952/setting-the-course-before-brexit

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