General election latest: Rishi Sunak announces 4 July vote in Downing Street statement - BBC News
General election latest: Rishi Sunak announces 4 July vote in Downing Street statement - BBC News
In a rainy Downing Street, the PM says he is "guided by doing what is right for our country, not what is easy".
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why is he doing it early? i figured the tories were desperately holding on and hoping something big happened to give them some chance of winning, but i'm pretty sure the tories are as fucked as they always were
The treasury just released their report, and the Tories won't be able to enact the tax cuts next quarter that they thought would be a saving grace to their election chances, atleast not without breaking their "fiscal responsibility" rules.
They're probably wishing to lose right now, in the hopes that labour won't be able to turn things around in time for the 2029 election.