Richard Toye: Exeter University Professor of Modern History on the predictions of a historic Labour victory
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The countdown to the UK election is being dominated by predictions of a historic Labour victory.  Parties have been making their last pitches to voters, with reports Keir Starmer is projected to head the largest majority since 1832.  But University of Exeter Modern History Professor Richard Toye told Mike Hosking that Starmer isn't being complacent when it comes to pushing people to the polls.   He said there’s a slightly odd situation in which other parties have been saying that Labour is bound to get an enormous majority, so people should vote Conservative in order to keep that majority down, while Labour is sort of saying it’s not in the bag yet.  Voting opens at 6pm today our time.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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