Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out July election amid record low poll rating

[Still Waters]

Rishi Sunak has refused to quash speculation of a July general election as he insisted he was not “distracted” by his personal ratings lingering at record lows.

The prime minister said he would not “say anything more than I’ve already said” and that his “working assumption” was there would be an election in the second half of the year.

Senior Conservatives told the Observer they believed Downing Street was intentionally allowing rumours of a summer election to spread as a means of instilling discipline among unruly MPs.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/28/rishi-sunak-refuses-to-rule-out-july-election-amid-record-low-poll-rating

[Duke Wellington]

46 minutes ago, Still Waters said:

Rishi Sunak has refused to quash speculation of a July general election as he insisted he was not “distracted” by his personal ratings lingering at record lows.

The prime minister said he would not “say anything more than I’ve already said” and that his “working assumption” was there would be an election in the second half of the year.

Senior Conservatives told the Observer they believed Downing Street was intentionally allowing rumours of a summer election to spread as a means of instilling discipline among unruly MPs.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/28/rishi-sunak-refuses-to-rule-out-july-election-amid-record-low-poll-rating

Neither of the PMs that followed Boris were anywhere near as popular as him.

They need to give it him back. Sure he has his haters, his win wouldn`t be as great as last time, but it would be a win.

[MrsGently]

49 minutes ago, Still Waters said:

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Senior Conservatives told the Observer they believed Downing Street was intentionally allowing rumours of a summer election to spread as a means of instilling discipline among unruly MPs.

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One doesn't even want to imagine the sophisticated politics that rule Byzantine lol

[pellinore]

3 hours ago, Duke Wellington said:

Neither of the PMs that followed Boris were anywhere near as popular as him.

They need to give it him back. Sure he has his haters, his win wouldn`t be as great as last time, but it would be a win.

I think we should bring Liz back. She has the backing of Tory Party members like Boris has, but without the scandals of having lied to Parliament and partying the night of Prince Phillip's funeral.

Edited April 28 by pellinore