Ms Thornberry has been the Shadow Foreign Secretary since 2016 and Shadow First Secretary since 2017 in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet. As the latest polls have revealed, the gap between the two main parties is closing. While the Conservatives are still expected to take home most seats, this week has seen Labour push forward with 33 percent of the electorate’s support. Commentators have speculated that, despite the Conservatives current lead of 43 percent, tactical voting could still put a Tory majority at risk and increase the chance of a hung parliament.

The Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, has even conceded over the last few weeks that she is aiming to reduce a Conservative majority rather than aim to be Prime Minister herself, as she had originally claimed.

The 2017 election shocked the nation when Theresa May’s snap election actually resulted in a minority Government and forced her to call upon the Democratic Unionist Party to prop up the Conservatives.

However, just days before this remarkable result, Ms Thornberry revealed her party’s tactics in the event of a hung parliament.

The Shadow Foreign Secretary told Labour supporters at the Basildon event: “Well, the truth is we are fighting to win and we are fighting to win with a majority. That is what we are fighting to do.

“If we end up in a position where we are in a minority, we will go ahead and we will put forward a Queen’s speech and a budget, and if people want to vote for it, then good. 

“If they don’t want to vote for it, they are going to have to go back and speak to their constituents and explain to them why it is we have a Tory Government instead. 

“If we are the largest party we go ahead, no deals, with our manifesto, with our budget and our Queen’s speech, and that’s the conversations we have had, that’s it, no deals.”

Prior to Ms Thornberry’s speech, Mr Corbyn said the Labour Party would not organise any deal to get into power – the same rhetoric the party has employed during this election.

In the Sky News broadcast on June 2, 2017, Jeremy Corbyn said: “There’s a mood out there about wanting something different.

“It’s not age generated. It’s everybody wanting something different, they want a decent, fairer society.

“They are fed up with the rigged economy and the rigged system which leaves so many in such difficulties and so we are fighting every constituency to win this election to form a Labour government. 

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“We are not doing deals, we are not doing coalitions, we are not doing any agreements, we are fighting to win this election on a manifesto that I am very proud of because it will fundamentally transform our society, that is what we are looking forward to doing on June 9.” 

However, some voters are concerned that, despite his promises, Mr Corbyn could resort to an informal, “issue-by-issue” coalition with the SNP.

This was recently suggested by Nicola Sturgeon if Boris Johnson does not secure a Conservative majority.

After years of parliamentary deadlock, a hung parliament could end up prolonging the indecision which has dominated the Brexit process.

It would risk defeat on key motions, as Mr Johnson endured earlier this year when he had just become Prime Minister.

Voters will be heading to the polling stations up and down the country tomorrow.

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