British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is playing a high stakes by calling parliamentary elections this summer, writes Sky News' Sam Coates in an analysis.
He describes it as a bold move given that Tory is hopelessly trailing Labor in the polls, and that Sunak has yet to deliver on many of his promises to voters. Sunak does not think there will be any better position during the year, and he is now using the element of surprise in the hope of being able to stay, writes Coates.
Can Sunak's party catch up with the 20 percentage point deficit and win? No, not if Sean O'Grady is to be believed who writes in an analysis in The Independent that the Tories were recently humiliated in the local elections. An election victory would be a historic achievement.
Uplifting inflation numbers on Wednesday are the answer to why Sunak is making the decision now, according to O'Grady, who adds that Sunak is doing the only right thing.
"He has decided to face his fate".
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Confirmed: Great Britain will hold parliamentary elections in July
Britain will hold parliamentary elections on July 4, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirms at a press conference.
Sunak and his conservative Tory party have received catastrophic figures in several opinion polls during the year and it is described as a surprising decision to call an election already this summer and not in the autumn.
At the press conference, he says that the last few years have been tough with the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and that it has affected a large part of the population financially. However, Sunak emphasizes that inflation has reached normal levels and that the British economy is growing more than that of other European countries.
- In the coming weeks I will fight for every vote, and I will prove to you that only a Conservative government led by me can secure our future.
Sunak was forced to call an election by January at the latest but has previously said it will be held in the second half of 2024.
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Quick response from Starmer: "It's time for change"
Keir Starmer comes down hard on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Shortly after Sunak called a general election in July, the Labor leader responded with a campaign video in which Tory is accused of creating a country where "nothing seems to work anymore".
Five new years of Conservative rule would make the situation even worse, says Starmer. If Labor wins, he promises, among other things, more jobs, economic stability and investments in green energy.
- After 14 years, it's time for change, he says in the clip published on X.
Opinion polls give Labor a significant lead.
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Advice to British police: Arrest fewer people
British police chiefs have been advised to arrest fewer people. The background is overcrowded prisons, writes The Times.
The Times has obtained an internal document written by the NPCC, a collaborative body for police chiefs in Great Britain. The police chiefs are asked to avoid "non-priority arrests" as well as operations that could lead to the arrest of many people.
Last year, the number of inmates increased by over 5,000, while the expansion of prison places did not keep pace at all.
The Times writes that the call to police chiefs is likely to make it harder for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to portray the Tories as the party of law and order.
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