Good week for Jeremy Corbyn and bad week for AB de Villiers
15 June 2017 - 12:16
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s devastation at her miscalculated call of a snap election was matched only by the sheer delight on the face of her opponent, Jeremy Corbyn. Labour’s "left-wing extremist" leader confounded his many critics by increasing his party’s share of the vote and cementing his position, leaving May scrambling to form a coalition government. The one opinion poll that did predict a hung parliament now gives Labour 45% of popular support — six points ahead of the Conservatives.
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