Britain’s rain-soaked ‘Brexit election’ nears an end

LONDON — Polls close in less than an hour in Britain’s general election, where voters are deciding which party will form a government and try to break the country’s political deadlock over Brexit.

Some 46 million people are eligible to vote in the country’s first December election since 1923. Thursday’s vote comes amid rounds of blustery weather.

The vote pits Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson against Labour challenger Jeremy Corbyn, who has faced persistent accusations from the British Jewish community of failing to stem rising anti-Semitism within his party.

An exit poll will be released when polls close at 10 p.m., or midnight Israel time. Ballots will be counted throughout the night, with most results declared by Friday morning.

AP and Times of Israel staff.