The UK’s Conservative Party was only one point ahead of the Labour Party in the latest voting intention poll on Thursday, narrowing the gap by five points compared to the previous week. It comes as North Shropshire faces a by-election after its Conservative MP Owen Paterson announced his resignation on Thursday following accusations of breaching lobbying rules. In the latest YouGov Poll published on Thursday, 36 percent of the respondents said on Wednesday and Thursday that they would vote for the Conservative Party if there was a general election on the next day, 3 points down from the number in the previous week. Meanwhile, Labour stood at 35 points—almost closing the gap—after gaining 2 points. The Johnson government has been accused of “corruption” and “wallowing in sleaze” after it whipped through a vote on Wednesday to block a 30-day suspension of Paterson—who was found by the cross-party Standards Committee to have repeatedly lobbied ministers and …