Boris Johnson has insisted the idea of calling an election before the scheduled 2024 date “hasn’t occurred to me”. However, he also repeatedly refused to rule out going for a snap poll.
The Prime Minister said he would not “start talking about politics” at a time when he was dealing with cost-of-living pressures and the war in Ukraine. Asked if he was leaning towards a snap election he said: “I am not offering commentary, what I’m trying to get over to you is that I’m here to comment on policy, on the agenda of government.”
And Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the Government is “not speculating about elections”. Asked whether the next poll should be in 2024 as scheduled, Ms Truss told Sky News: “We’re not thinking about that, we’re thinking about getting on with the job.”
