Voting underway in UK election – answers

questions

1. Which verb is used to describe people going to vote? to head (head to the polls)
2. How does the reporter describe the election race? as the closest run in 18 years
3. What is at stake? How the UK economy can recover and the new government cut the budget deficit.
4. Which noun is used to describe the contest between the 3 main parties? a showdown
5. Which party is currently ahead? the Conservatives
6. What are people expecting? a hung parliament
7. When was the last time such a situation arose? in 1974
8. How is Britain different from mainland Europe? it doesn’t have a coalition-forming tradition
9. What time do the polls close? 10.00 o’clock (9.00 GMT but we now have BST British Summer Time)
10. What is the name of the reporter? Paul Chapman