A somewhat damp UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak outside 10 Downing Street, London, after calling a General Election for 4 July. Speculation had been swirling about the date, with Sunak's Conservatives well behind in polls.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election on Wednesday, naming 4 July as the date for a vote his governing Conservatives are widely expected to lose to the opposition Labour Party after 14 years in power.
Sunak heads into the election not only far behind the Labour Party in the polls but also somewhat isolated from some in his party, increasingly dependent on a small team of advisers to steer him through what is set to be an ugly campaign. Both parties have all but kicked off campaigning for an election, with the attack lines on the economy and on defence already firmly drawn.
If Labour win the election, Britain, once known for its political stability, will have had six prime ministers in eight years for the first time since the 1830s."We are fully ready to go whenever the prime minister calls an election. We have a fully organised and operational campaign ready to go and we think the country is crying out for a general election," Labour leader Starmer's spokesperson told reporters.
Sunak might be aiming to capitalise on that uncertainty and also to wrongfoot Labour, which has still to complete the selection of all its parliamentary candidates, a party veteran said.
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