The Big Read: 'Shy vote' could surprise us

26 May 2015 - 02:02
By Justice Malala

Something funny happened in the British elections just over two weeks ago. Every pollster across the length and breadth of the UK predicted that the two main political parties - the Conservatives and Labour - would pull about 33% to 34% of the vote each, leading to a long, exhausting battle by either side to form a coalition government that would not soon collapse.

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