The U.K.’s two prime minister candidates are making their last efforts to win votes.
Prime Minister Theresa May tried to present a statesman-like demeanor.
“You know, serving in government is a huge honor but it is also a great responsibility and that responsibility is greater now than it ever has been,” said sitting Prime Minister Theresa May.
“This election is not just about the next five years,” she continued. “It’s about setting this country on the right course for generations to come.”
Labour Party candidate Jeremy Corbyn took a more populist approach.
He spoke of the strength of community.
“We’re young, we’re old, we’re black, we’re white, we’re gay, we’re straight, we’re disabled, we’re not disabled, we are the community as a whole,” Corbyn told his supporters. Communities coming together achieve things together.”
Corbyn also spoke about making the richest five percent pay their fair share.
“So, tomorrow the election is a very clear choice, very clear choice indeed. And that choice is five more years of austerity, five more years of cuts, five more years of tax giveaways, or the Labour alternative, which will increase taxation for the top 5 percent, but not for 95 percent,” he said.
Voting starts on June 8.
Whoever wins will be leaping into a maelstrom. Terrorism, Brexit, the budget, immigration …
Whoever wins had best be ready to hit the ground running.
UK candidates make their final pre-election appeals
By Feng Xue
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