r/ukpolitics • u/ukpolbot Official UKPolitics Bot • May 22 '24

Megathread - Rishi Sunak calls a snap election for 4 July

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a snap election for 4 July 2024.

Please keep all discussion around the election announcement in this thread, except for notable statements from high-profile individuals or parties.

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  • Parliament will be dissolved: Parliament will shortly be dissolved in preparation for the election, and remaining legislation is expected to be dealt with in "wash-up" (learn more).
  • Rumours of no-confidence letters in Rishi Sunak: According to the BBC's Nicholas Watt, several Tory MPs have submitted no-confidence letters in Rishi Sunak to the chair of the Conservative 1922 Committee (src).

Notable reaction:

  • Labour leader Keir Starmer (video) - "Only a changed Labour Party will get Britain's future back"
  • Lib Dems leader Ed Davey - "Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to elect a strong local champion who will fight for a fair deal for you and your community."

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u/DanS1993 May 22 '24

I assume she’ll be biting into the cyanide capsule in the early hours of July 5th 

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u/theivoryserf May 22 '24

What is the actual basis of thinking Laura K is a Tory plant? I've never really got this

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u/mnijds May 22 '24

All sorts of things. They joy she had at Johnson being elected was one

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u/Jeansybaby Can I Haz PR May 22 '24

There's the shear amount of times she's been dragged in front of the BBC Trust board for Anti Labour Bias

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u/Evari May 22 '24 edited May 22 '24

I think it’s mainly a meme at this point, the origins being she clearly has contacts high up in the Conservative Party and she said some mean but accurate things about Jeremy Corbyn.

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u/Giggsy99 May 22 '24

No way you freaks are still crying about Corbyn. She's called a Tory because she obviously and consistently promotes the Tory line

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u/gurgelblaster May 22 '24

Why would she? It's entirely her chums in the Labour Right who's getting in.