Opinion polls in Britain are predicting a win for Boris Johnson and his Conservative government in major elections this Thursday. One of the tactics of Johnson’s party is to target seats in areas of the UK that voted for Brexit, but that never supported his Conservative Party in the past. They are known as the “Labour Leave” heartlands. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Orla Barry, who visited one of those key constituencies on Tuesday.
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