A month of frenzied campaigning has passed since Rishi Sunak fired the starting gun on a July general election, with tomorrow’s vote looming, time has all but run out for his party to engineer a desperately needed reversal in fortune if they are to remain in power. Labour has been comfortably ahead in the polls...
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UK Election 2024: Key issues, candidates, and voting process explained
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Photo: Reuters 5 min read Last Updated : Jul 03 2024 | 12:20 PM IST The United Kingdom is gearing up for its first national election in nearly five years, with voters heading to the polls on July 4. This election could be a defining moment for Prime Minister Rishi...
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How 14 years of Conservative government have changed Britain
Britain has been led by the Conservatives for the past 14 years. The party is deeply unpopular heading into the general election Thursday; pollsters predict a big victory for Labour. There’s a widespread feeling among voters that something has gone awry under Tory government, that the country is stagnating, if not in perilous decline. Nearly...
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Analysis | Britain’s Conservatives face an ‘extinction-level’ event
You’re reading an excerpt from the WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The writing has been on the wall for quite some time. After 14 years in power, Britain’s Conservatives...
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Великобритания избира нов парламент
Британците гласуват днес на парламентарни избори. Очаква се лявоцентристката Лейбъристка партия да постигне голяма победа на вота, който ще сложи край на 14-годишното управление на консерваторите и ще връчи на лидера ѝ Киър Стармър ключовете за кабинета на премиера на “Даунинг стрийт” 10 утре сутрин, предаде Ройтерс, цитирана от БТА. Консервативната партия на Великобритания вчера...
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What DIY dentistry has to do with the British election
LONDON — Layla Waters pulled out five of her own teeth after not being able to get an appointment with a National Health Service dentist. This kind of do-it-yourself dentistry has become increasingly common in the United Kingdom. There are reports of people yanking out their teeth with pliers from the garden shed, fixing crowns...
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Why it looks like British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is about to lose the election
RICHMOND, England — Rishi Sunak has a habit of making history. He’s United Kingdom’s first British-Indian prime minister, its first Hindu leader, and at 42 he was the youngest to take the job in over 200 years. He’s also probably the richest person to govern from No. 10 Downing St. Now 44, Sunak is about...
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Ukraine to be told it is too corrupt to join Nato
Joe Biden raised “significant corruption” in an interview with Time magazine this year, during which he ruled out supporting the “Nato-isation of Ukraine”. Nato diplomats and officials have given Ukraine a list of reforms it will be expected to carry out before its membership ambitions can be realised, a US defence official said. “That’s something...
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Ukraine war: Sanctions against Russia failed to achieve goals, claims Moscow’s UK ambassador
Sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have failed to achieve any of their aims, the country’s ambassador has told Sky News. Andrei Kelin was speaking to Sky News as an investigation by Sky’s Ed Conway revealed glaring loopholes in the restrictions regime, which has allowed British companies – legally – to help...
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How did it go so wrong for Britain’s Conservatives?
If you’re looking for electoral suspense, don’t look across the pond. Barring a polling error of world historic proportions, 14 years of Conservative rule will come to an end in the United Kingdom on July 4. The question isn’t whether Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s party will lose, it’s whether anything will be left of them...
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From conflict to the climate – what are the UK parties’ international plans?
Conflicts and environmental disasters are stretching humanitarian resources, and a new UK government will have to decide what role it will play on the world stage in dealing with global problems, especially after budget cuts and closure of the Department for International Development by the Conservatives, and with priorities so focused on Ukraine. We’ve talked...
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UK general elections 2024: Who are the key candidates?
Millions of voters in Britain are going to the polls Thursday to choose a new House of Commons and a new government. The Conservatives and Labour traditionally dominate British politics but also in the running are the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK, among others.(AFP) Voters will elect 650 lawmakers representing as many constituencies, or local areas,...