The UK goes to the polls
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🗓️ 6 June 2017
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:36.1 | The United Kingdom goes to the polls this week to elect a new government just days after a second deadly attack during a campaign that is being claimed by Islamic State. |
| 0:46.2 | Seven people were killed and 48 injured on Saturday after three men drove a van into people on London Bridge and then attacked them with knives. |
| 0:53.8 | The UK's general election, the third countrywide poll since 2015, is the topic for this |
| 0:58.6 | week's edition of the Views' Room, a weekly conversation among breaking views columnists |
| 1:03.0 | about the ups and downs of the world of finance. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm Anthony Curry and I'm joined by a trio of our finest. |
| 1:09.7 | Europe editor John Foley, hi John.. Economics editor Peter Tal Larson. Hi, Peter. Hi, Anthony. And Associate editor, Swaha Patanaic. Hi, Swaha. How you doing? Hello, Anthony. Thank you for having us. So, John, let me start with you. When Prime Minister Theresa May called the election in April, a few things seemed to be taken for granted. |
| 1:28.8 | One was that the election would essentially be a referendum on which party the electorate wants to lead negotiations to take the country out of the European Union. |
| 1:37.5 | So how much have the attacks in London and Manchester a few weeks beforehand changed that? |
| 1:42.6 | Well, fundamentally, Anthony, whoever wins this election is, |
| 1:45.2 | of course, the leader and the party that's going to lead Britain through the negotiations |
| 1:49.7 | to leave the European Union. That hasn't changed. And Theresa May, who of course is currently |
| 1:54.6 | Prime Minister and is hoping that she can renew her leadership of the country, is still |
| 1:59.6 | focusing very much on the idea that she needs |
| 2:01.9 | a strong majority to strengthen her hand. Now originally that was about strengthening her hand |
| 2:06.9 | in negotiations with her counterparts in the European Union, but also now that's taken on |
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