UK General election announced for July 4th

[Richard_GB]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Emile (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: Many

Rishi Sunak has called a snap election on July 4 as Sir Keir Starmer declared “it’s time for change”.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/general-election-2024-rishi-sunak-july-4-speech-news-b2549733.html

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Let’s hope that this is our independence (from the Conservative Party) day

[malthaussen]

1. This should be interesting.

UK tends to follow US in many things these days, but a General Election could be a bellweather for what will happen in the US in November. I'd love to see the Conservatives routed, as Bog knows they deserve to be.

-- Mal

[Garden Grove]

2. 2016's Brexit gave me a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach.

I was terrified after the results that right-wing populism might actually be taking foot and that it would a precursor to events in the US.

Turns out...

[mwooldri]

3. Count Binface has called for...

Bindependence Day. Take Out the Trash.

This will be an interesting election. Boundaries got redrawn. My family will have the opportunity to vote for Jeremy *unt, as Hunt has decided to run in the new constituency of Godalming and Ash versus his old Surrey Southwest. Highly likely he could lose his seat, as the constituency has several yellow hot spots.

YouGov have their predictions right here. I'd be happy with this.

https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49061-yougov-mrp-labour-now-projected-to-win-over-400-seats

[Emrys]

4. Please change your source line from "Many" to the Independent, as in the article you linked.

The rules for posting in LBN are strict compared to other DU forums, and your OP risks being locked as off-topic if it doesn't have an acceptable source listed.

[Emile]

5. After an alert and discussion with the hosts locking.

This is a duplicate post of this -

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143244460