国际英语资讯:Poll predicts 68-seat majority for Conservatives ahead of key UK election_时事

国际英语资讯:Poll predicts 68-seat majority for Conservatives ahead of key UK election

YouGov said the bulk of the projected Conservative gains would come in northern England and the urban West Midlands, as well as in former mining seats in the East Midlands.

Professor John Curtice from the University of Strathclyde said on Thursday the poll confirms that the Conservative vote is going up more in places that voted strongly in favor of leaving the European Union (EU) than in places that voted strongly to remain.

Curtice said if there is a surprise in the poll it is the suggestion that the minority Liberal Democrats are not going to come up with much in the election with only 13 projected seats, only one more than they got in 2017.

Undaunted by the poll, Labour leader Corbyn continued on Thursday his attack on Conservative plans for the National Health Service (NHS), which he says will see major U.S. organisations making bids to run chunks of the UK's health service.

Corbyn made headlines on Wednesday, brandishing a secret report of more than 400 pages detailing meetings between the Conservatives and U.S. officials discussing health being included in a future trade deal.

Speaking in Southampton on Thursday, Corbyn also vowed that a Labour government would plant two billion trees across the country by 2040 as a contribution to climate change mitigation.

Corbyn also said that a Labour government would create 10 new national parks as part of a new "Plan for Nature." The aim would be to ensure that 75 percent of the population would live within half an hour of a national park or an area of outstanding natural beauty.