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UK polls are notoriously poor with an average miss of somewhere in the region of four percent therefore, a hung parliament, a large Tory majority or pretty much no change were all equally likely.

Without a majority Mrs May finds herself in a similar position to John Major with the only way to govern now through compromise.

There has never, in my opinion, been a bigger election than this.

Personally I see it as one of the first I can remember where we are looking at a stall or halt on neo liberalism, or at least the bad parts of it.

The impact on the economy could be considerable.

UK house prices fell for the third month in a row in May, according to Nationwide, the first time this has happened since the financial crisis.

While Nationwide do not break down their index by region, other recent surveys have found that London in particular has seen falling prices, with that region seeing waves of new build property come to market.

The FT announced recently that the value of wages over the next ten years is expected to be the worst for more than 200 years in terms of pay packets, with the average UK worker still likely to earn less in 2021 in real terms than they did in 2008.

YouGov saw the Tory lead down to five points after the Tories' manifesto was poorly received and the appalling Manchester bombing.

Other polls show a similar trend, if less extreme.

The theory is that you should sell your stocks and shares in May and then repurchase again at the end of the period as brokers aren’t trading and as such stock markets underperform during this time.

This, could of course make sense, as less trading volume would impact the value of your share portfolio/pensions and investments, and of course, if the crowds sold in May, there are more sellers than buyers which would drive prices down, and the reverse becomes true in September.