Minister denies Rishi Sunak will quit before general election over D-Day snub Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride said the prime minister will ‘absolutely’ lead the Conservatives into the election The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024
Election diary: Nigel Farage snaps his fingers and his devoted sidekick steps aside Richard Tice hands over the reins of the Reform party after single-handedly fronting, funding and running it until the moment anyone actually cared The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
Tory press know influence is waning but tread careful line before election Gone are the days when Rupert Murdoch’s favour swayed the vote but newspapers still hold power over party’s future The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
Nigel Farage says Reform UK will become the ‘real opposition’ to Labour Labour is talking tough on law and order and vowing not to hike taxes as the Tories seek to move on from Rishi Sunak’s D-Day departure. Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2024
From humiliation to annihilation: could this election mean the end of the Tory party as we know it? Even before the events of last week, the party’s prospects were grim. Now some believe it faces a wipeout that would reshape the UK political landscape The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024
Rishi Sunak’s chances were always slim. And the numbers just get worse Polls show longstanding Tory advantages on issues such as immigration, crime and defence are gone, while Labour opens new leads in traditional areas The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024
Rishi Sunak openly condemned by second cabinet minister over D-Day row as he cancels press event Prime minister said to be despondent over furious backlash to his missing international event The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2024
BBC multi-party General Election debate watched by 3.2m viewers on average The average audience tuned in across BBC One and the BBC News Channel on Friday evening to watch seven politicians clash. Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2024
Sunak dodges questions from press amid criticism for D-day exit Prime minister’s team say time constraints to blame as condemnation over early return from Normandy continues The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024
‘I want Labour to come into power so I’m voting Lib Dem’: tactical voting threatens blue wall Tories Lib Dems and Labour try to persuade voters to lend support, as Grant Shapps is among ‘big beasts’ who look vulnerable The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024
Farage’s milkshake and Sunak’s D-Day calamity: Key moments from election campaign trail – week three An eventful 2024 general election campaign went into its third week, bringing unprecedented poll projections, candidate U-turns and moments to forget for Rishi Sunak The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2024
Multiparty debate shows an audience tiring of the Labour-Tory slugging match There were no knock-out blows, but some refreshing arguments that don’t get aired when the two heavyweights dominate the ring, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024
Election debate review: everyone struggled to be heard in this seven-way brawl PM’s D-day disaster dominated discourse as Rayner and Mordaunt engages in ‘undignified’ clashes The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024
Mordaunt calls Sunak D-Day decision ‘completely wrong’ and clashes with Rayner on £2000 tax claim in fiery BBC election debate Taxes, immigration and NHS dominate heated seven-way debate Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024 Slanging matches and soundbites: debate delivers seven ways to make time drag Second TV outing manages to be simultaneously predictable, deadly dull and extremely bad-tempered
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024 Labour and Tories renew clashes in ill-tempered second election debate Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt spar over taxes, defence and cost of living as others jostle for attention
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024 Mordaunt condemns Sunak as ‘wrong’ over D-Day as TV debate becomes ‘unedifying’ row The seven-party television debate became a slanging match between Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024 General election: The best quotes from the BBC 7-way party debate From ‘Blair without the flair’ to a Tory cabinet minister’s admission that Rishi Sunak’s decision to leave the D-Day commemorations early was ‘completely wrong’
The National (Scotland) · Jun 7, 2024 Audience laughs as Stephen Flynn mocks Nigel Farage at BBC election debate STEPHEN Flynn received laughs from the audience after mocking Nigel Farage...
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024 Furious Tories turn on Rishi Sunak over D-day commemorations snub Penny Mordaunt criticises absence as ‘completely wrong’ while internal party WhatsApp groups reportedly full of horrified responses
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024 Campaign catchup: Sunak grovels, Labour teases, and a fiscal black hole awaits In today’s newsletter: Zoe Williams recaps the worst day (yet) for the Conservative leader, and the rest of the day’s action on the campaign trail
Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024 D-Day veteran accuses Rishi Sunak of 'letting down the country' by leaving Normandy ceremony early Former prisoner of war Ken Hay, 98, has criticised the Prime Minister for leaving a D-Day commemoration in Normandy early
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024 Sunak’s D-day failure is a campaign disaster – and a sign he’s forgotten the very recent past The prime minister had only to look back a few years to see he was making a huge mistake, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024 Holly Valance decides against standing for Reform UK The actress was reported to be considering being the party’s candidate to take on Tory chairman Richard Holden
France 24 · Jun 7, 2024 British PM Rishi Sunak apologises for leaving D-Day ceremony early British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized Friday for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to return to the election campaign trail — a decision slammed as disgraceful by his political rivals.