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Watch view of Parliament after Rishi Sunak calls snap general election

Watch again a live view of Parliament on Thursday 23 May, after prime minister Rishi Sunak called a snap general election after months of denial.

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

‘Things can only get wetter’: The best Rishi Sunak memes as PM is drowned out during election speech

Rishi Sunak has finally announced what social media users are starting to call a ‘Genny Lecs’

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

General election LIVE: Rishi Sunak hit by exodus of Tory MPs on first day of campaign

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has embarked on a two-day whistlestop trip taking in all four nations of the UK

Evening Standard · May 23, 2024

Tory MPs didn’t expect a July general election – and now they are rightly furious

Sunak’s party has plunged into a short campaign without a plan, says Henry Hill, the deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024

Sunak has taken an astonishing gamble in going for a general election

Polls show Labour more than 20 points ahead, an opposition lead usually only seen at exceptionally bad moments in a midterm

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024

UK Parties Sharpen Knives As General Election Looms

UK political parties began jostling for position on Thursday, setting out their electoral battle plans after embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a general election for July 4.

International Business Times · May 23, 2024

‘Drowning Street’: what the papers say as Rishi Sunak makes his election announcement

Images of the prime minister outside No 10 Downing St dominate the UK front pages, as he announces a general election for 4 July

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2024

Rishi Sunak fires election starting gun with a damp whimper – but Labour will want to play down talk of a landslide

“It’s the optics that matter” is a modern cliche of political life. It doesn’t matter what you say so much as how you say it – and where you say it. If this is true, then the early election omens are not good for Rishi Sunak.

The Conversation · May 22, 2024

Bear hugs, security ejections and umbrellas just in case: Inside Rishi Sunak’s first election campaign rally

Dried off and ready to go again, Rishi Sunak greets Tory election candidates under the roof of the Excel Centre

The Independent UK · May 22, 2024

Morning Mail: Australia’s costly SUV obsession, News Corp shakeup, election fever in Britain

Preference for ‘heavy vehicles’ likely to cancel out emissions savings from EVs; Rishi Sunak calls UK general election for 4 July

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2024