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Rise of 'anti-politics' produces surprise result in the UK election

Unlikelihood of a stable coalition government means Britons may be heading back to the polls again

Five scenarios that polls indicate may emerge in the UK election results
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Brenton Prosser & Gerry Stoker | The Conversation
A little over a week before the 2017 UK general election, the improbable occurred. A poll indicated that Prime Minister Theresa May could lose the Conservative majority. The shadow of a hung parliament was cast over the UK parliament again. It was a claim credible enough to the markets for the sterling to drop. Most political analysts, however, did not take it seriously.
But these are unconventional times. There is an unlikely president in the White House. No pundit predicted Brexit. And now, a Labour Party led by an “anti-politician” in Jeremy

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