UK General Election on July 4th

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22 May 2024, 4:53 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-69050450

Rishi Sunak has called a General Election for the 4th July.

Finally. It's been long 5 years.

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22 May 2024, 5:23 pm

I am trying to understand British politics so please don't dismiss this as a dumb question. Unless Sunak is confident he will win, why is he calling for a general election? By the way your link does not work; all I get is error 404 page not found

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22 May 2024, 5:29 pm

^ thanks, I've fixed the link.

He has to call an election before January because there's a time limit but the question of why now is a good one and its being hotly debated in the UK media.

General consensus seems to be he's concluded that things will probably be worse for him and his government if they leave it any longer. His party is deeply unpopular and facing massive losses at the election, I guess they want to make sure something is left after that they can rebuild from.

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23 May 2024, 8:57 am

I can't wait to vote out this sorry lot.

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26 May 2024, 12:05 pm

I think many people will be glad to see the back of the conservatives... especially disabled folk.

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Larry the cat for Prime Minister

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Today, 4:34 am

I find it a little strange to choose the date 4th of July as the election day in the UK.

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Today, 7:19 am

BillyTree wrote:

I find it a little strange to choose the date 4th of July as the election day in the UK.

The conservatives seem to want to turn the UK into a mini US, so perhaps it isn't so surprising.

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