The 10 MPs from the party could prove crucial in supporting the Conservatives.

THE Australian Svengali Lynton Crosby, who has led right-of-centre election campaigns around the world and is credited with David Cameron’s unexpected Commons majority two years ago, has contrived to reduce the British general election battle to one simple but excluding question: “Who do you want to lead Britain, Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn? Personality rather than policy is the battleground.

The recent election result over the border and across the water came as quite a jolt to the pollsters and to a large section of the political class.

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