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OPINION - The Standard View: Why call an election now? Because things can get worse for Rishi Sunak

Once the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act was quietly repealed, Boris Johnson reclaimed for himself and his successors the power (via the monarch) to dissolve Parliament and call a general election. For better or worse, Rishi Sunak has exercised that power.

Evening Standard

‘Eat out to help out’ launched without telling official in charge, Covid inquiry hears

Simon Case, who was responsible for Covid policy at time, calls Boris Johnson’s Downing Street the ‘worst governing ever seen’

The Guardian - UK

Tories’ 14 years in power will be remembered for Brexit, cuts and chaos

After David Cameron and austerity came four more PMs, near civil war in the party, and in the end a sense of nothing working any more

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Covid inquiry: the questions cabinet secretary Simon Case will be asked

The most senior civil servant in the UK is to give his testimony, delayed for months, with no shortage of queries to address

The Guardian - UK

A humiliating election speech, with little to offer. Sunak’s USP was competence – what of that now?

The PM has gone for the bad choice because he knows things will get even worse, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the general election: countdown to a reckoning that is overdue

Editorial: The prime minister has run out of road and is left defending a thin legacy against the prospect of regime change

The Guardian - UK

UK General Election: What Happens Next?

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election for July 4, teeing up a battle between his ruling Conservatives and the main opposition Labour party.

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Interactive map shows how every area voted at the last General Election

The Prime Minister has confirmed a July 4 election.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election

Prime minister has ended months of speculation over the general election date as the country prepares to go to the polls on 4 July

The Independent UK

How a Labour MP became a rightwing figurehead – and enabled the clampdown on protest

The transformation of John Woodcock exposes the authoritarian potential that can lurk in Britain’s centre left, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan: Embassies' millions in unpaid congestion charge is 'beyond my pay grade'

Mr Khan said he could not “renegotiate” the international convention embassies are using to claim diplomatic immunity from the charge

Evening Standard

‘Nothing will change’ after damning blood report warns Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings

Also accuses prime minister Rishi Sunak of delivering a ‘bullshit’ apology for the scandal

The Independent UK

Mapped: All the MPs standing down at general election as Michael Gove and John Redwood join the exodus

More than 120 MPs have decided to quit ahead of the next general election - including likes of Angela Leadsom and Theresa May

The Independent UK

Zahawi: Tories should have held their nerve and stuck with Johnson

The former chancellor played a key role in ousting Boris Johnson, but suggested MPs got ‘spooked’ into moving against him.

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Nadhim Zahawi says it was a mistake for Tories to force Boris Johnson from No 10

Former chancellor, who was one of those who urged Johnson to go, says Tories should have realised ‘Twitter was not the country’

The Independent UK

JCB defends supplying Russia for months after saying it had stopped exports

Firm says any shipments sent to Russia after 2 March were due to ‘contractual obligations’

The Guardian - UK

Beware the Biden factor, Keir Starmer: you can govern well and still risk losing the country

Politics is about achieving things and telling a compelling story. But neither the president – nor Starmer – can match Trump’s gift for narrative, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Peer faces year’s ban from Lords bars for bullying two people while drunk

Kulveer Ranger resigns Tory whip after committee also recommends suspension from House of Lords for three weeks

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Evening Standard

Theresa May mocks Liz Truss and Boris Johnson at parliamentary lunch

The former PM has had a humour upgrade

Evening Standard

Ex-Boris Johnson adviser faces year-long ban from Lords bars after drunken 'f******' useless' outburst at women

The House of Lords Conduct Committee recommended that Lord Kulveer Ranger also be suspended from the House for three weeks

The National (Scotland)

Peer and former Boris Johnson adviser to be banned from Parliament's bars

A TORY peer is set to be banned from the House of Lords bars for a year after he was found to have bullied and harassed two people while drunk ...

The Independent UK

Theresa May doesn’t want Trump hand-holding and Brexit failure to be her legacy as she mocks Truss and Johnson

Theresa May joked that Boris Johnson’s memoirs would be about ‘current affairs’ and said Liz Truss’s new book should be labelled ‘sci-fi or fantasy’

The Independent UK

Covid Inquiry has cost £94m so far and could become most expensive probe of its kind

Figures published in the inquiry’s financial report show £15,180,000 was spent in the final quarter of 2023/24

The Independent UK

Watch: Partygate investigator Sue Gray gives evidence at Covid inquiry

Watch as Partygate investigator Sue Gray gave evidence to the Covid inquiry in Belfast on Thursday, 16 May.

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Boris Johnson Urges Support For Ukraine Amid Russian Aggression

Prime Minister Johnson's response to Russia's assault on Ukraine and efforts to support Ukraine against Putin's aggression.

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