Election campaigns begin in Britain

Britain election campaign resumes Thursday with Britain’s anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) on the move with its policy pledges.The election campaign was earlier put on hold following the suicide bombing which killed 22 people and injured dozens of others in the northern city of Manchester.June 8 is billed for voting in Britain but new public opinion polls released prior to the attack on Monday, showed Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives slightly leading the main opposition, Labour Party.The national campaigns will begin on Friday and involving the main contenders, Labour Party and UKIP. However, UKIP, whose strong selling point is securing Britain’s exit from the European Union, has recommended that the suitable approach to the bombing was to start as quickly as possible.“We took the decision that the best way to show these people that we will not be beaten, that they will not win, is to get back into the saddle,” said UKIP Leader, Paul Nuttall.Similar polls would be carried out to identify if the bombing has negative effect on voting choices.May had to change her decision to demand an increase in pay for social welfare of the elderly when opinion polls showed her party’s leading figure downed by half in few days.UKIP got just one parliamentary seat after having secured 13 percent of the votes in the last election in 2015, as a result of an electoral law which provides that smaller parties having national support other than concentrated in particular areas are at a disadvantage.This has affected the party which lost about a half of its electoral support  since Britons voted to exit the EU and facing two divisive leadership contention aimed at substituting charismatic Nigel Farage.The main thrust of the party is “one in, one out” manifesto to cut down immigration and also assured government would not rescind on its promises, as it concerned freedom of movement of people Brexit.“UKIP is the insurance policy for the country to ensure that we get the Brexit that people voted for last year,’’ said Nuttall.

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