May wanted a Brexit mandate, but voters want a strong welfare state

Apart from Brexit, health was a major concern among Britons, which Labour Party tapped into

It’s all too easy to forget that when Theresa May called her snap election, three years earlier than she’d repeatedly promised, her party was 18-20 percentage points ahead of Labour in the polls. It seemed like a clear opportunity for the Conservatives to win a landslide. But the result has robbed her party of its majority.

So how can we explain such a dramatic shift in public opinion in only two months? And while Theresa May framed this as a Brexit election, can we be sure that voters’ views on Brexit actually caused this change?