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THE HIGH-STAKES POLLS SAW BRITISH PM RISHI SUNAK'S BATTERED CONSERVATIVES TAKING ON KEIR STARMER'S LABOUR PARTY, THE LATTER TIPPED TO END 14 YEARS OF TORY RULE BY A LANDSLIDE

MARGIN. SUNAK CALLED FOR A SNAP GENERAL ELECTION ON MAY 22, AS THE PARTY GRAPPLED WITH WIDESPREAD DISCONTENT. London: LONDON: People throughout the United Kingdom are choosing all 650

members of the House of Commons on July 4 for a term of up to five years. The party that commands a majority in the Commons, either alone or in coalition, will form the next government and

its leader will be the prime minister. That means the results will determine the political direction of the government, between the right-wing Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Rishi

Sunak, and the left-leaning Labour, led by the 61-year-old Keir Starmer. The Labour Party is on course to win the upcoming elections with a landslide majority, ending 14 years of

Conservative rule, with a margin of 20 points in the opinion polls. Some opinion polls have predicted that Starmer could achieve a historic achievement with a greater victory margin than

Tony Blair, under whom Labour won 418 seats in 1997. Sunak's party has grappled with infighting and scandals, while a cost-of-living crisis driven by slow economic growth and high

inflation has added to the burden of the people.