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Today, voters in the UK are expected to return the Labour Party to power after 14 years.

There's a lot of distrust in their conservative politicians,

and I think they're going to look forward to a break from the chaos

that the Tories have brought them.

So while the right makes gains in other parts of Europe,

why are they losing in the UK?

I'm Malika Bilalal and this is the take.

Millions of people are casting their vote today in the UK general election. They'll be

electing their local member of parliament

and helping choose the next government.

Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

took people by surprise when he called for the election in May.

Rishi Sunak, Britain's beleaguered Conservative Prime Minister,

took a gamble, calling an election several months earlier than expected.

But polls are suggesting that his party will not achieve victory.

Anila Safdar is Europe editor for Al Jazeera.com, and she's been covering the election from

outside London. So Anila, 2024 is the year of the election with so many voters around the world heading to the polls.

And one challenge we sometimes have with elections is how to make the coverage exciting.

So in the UK, the labor candidate is already accused of boring people half to death

with literal headlines talking about the fact that he is not that exciting of a candidate.

He's boring, he's not hard-hitting, he doesn't show strength.

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