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Irish Lawmaker Predicts Hung Parliament in May 7 UK General Election

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According to an Irish lawmaker, May 7 United Kingdom general elections, will be tight and may end in a hung parliament.

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STRASBOURG (Sputnik), Daria Chernyshova The May 7 United Kingdom general elections, will be tight and may end in a hung parliament, an Irish lawmaker told Sputnik.

"I think the Scottish nationalists will take a lot of seats from Labour which may leave the Conservatives and maybe UKIP [UK Independence Party] to form a government, I hope not but it could go either way — it could be Labour and the Scottish nationalists, but it would be very very tight, it would be a hung parliament," John Halligan said.

Halligan stated that UKIP will support the conservatives and not Labour, adding that both UKIP and conservatives are very pro-US.

On May 7, Brits will go to the polling stations to elect 650 members of the House of Commons.

The latest poll numbers suggest a tight race between Conservatives and Labour, with no single party currently enjoying a majority.

On March 30, the so-called short campaign began, with several major UK parties launching manifestos.

The Labour Party pledged criminal justice system reform, which it says the incumbent Conservative Party has neglected in their five years in power.

UKIP has confirmed its commitment to hold a referendum on the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.

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