[originaltext] Britain’s opposition leader said yesterday he had not lost hop

Britain’s opposition leader said yesterday he had not lost hope of winning this week’s election, despite predictions of a ruling Labor landslide; because Judo had taught him that "to the last second you can win."
   Latest opinion polls made grim reading for William Hague’s conservatives, with forecasts that Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labor Party could win Thursday’s general e- lection by between 12 and 23 percentage points.
    The third major party, the Liberal Democrats, ranged between 15 and 17 per cent.
    Seven of the country’s nine Sunday newspapers said they endorsed Blair, with only the traditionally conservative Mail and Telegraph remaining loyal to Hague.