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- The next general election in the UK will take place on July 4th.
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced this in London.
Uncertain times require a clear plan and courageous action, said the conservative head of government in the pouring rain. He has this plan, unlike the opposition Labor party. Only a Conservative government led by him will stabilize the economy, said Sunak.
According to polls, the social democratic Labour Party is around 20 percentage points ahead of the Tories. If this result occurs in the election, the Conservatives, who have been in power since 2010, are likely to suffer a historic defeat.
Despite several announcements and recently improved economic data, Sunak’s Conservatives have so far failed to close the gap to Labour. Most recently, they lost hundreds of seats and an important mayoral post in local elections in England, as well as a constituency in north-west England in a parliamentary by-election. The right-wing populist party Reform UK, the former Brexit party, is also putting the Tories under increasing pressure.
SRF 4 News, 22.05.2024, 7 p.m.; agencies/lehl;schn
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