Matt Singh, Columnist

Britain's Conservatives Are In a Class of Their Own

A large polling lead and an opposition in disarray means Theresa May can dominate politics for some time to come.

August 2, 2016 at 10:25 AM UTC

Matt Singh runs Number Cruncher Politics, a nonpartisan polling and elections site that predicted the 2015 U.K. election polling failure.

Commanding lead.
Photographer: Chris J Ratcliffe

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Theresa May has begun her premiership with her party in its strongest position in more than a quarter of a century. In head-to-head polling, she leads her Labour Party opponent by more than 30 points, including among both "remain" and "leave" voters in Britain's EU referendum in June. This gives May an unusual opportunity to put her mark on the political agenda in the coming years.

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