Full coverageHow these stories are ranked
Top News
General Election 2024: What happens now an election has been called?
By Alix Culbertson
Sunak drowned out by Labour 90s anthem (and the rain) in hapless election launch
By Eimer McAuley
The British Prime Minister Bowed to the Inevitable
By Helen Lewis
Things can only get wetter: D:Ream song drowns out Sunak’s damp election announcement
By Sammy Gecsoyler
Posts on X
Formerly Twitter
Redfield & Wilton Strategies
RedfieldWilton
Who do British voters think will be the Prime Minister after the General Election? (19-20 June)
Keir Starmer 68%
Rishi Sunak 14%
Don't know 18%
redfieldandwiltonstrategies.com/latest-gb-voting-intention-19-20-june-2024 pic.twitter.com/CjvCb8mxBC
Posted on X
Adam Bienkov
AdamBienkov
This side-by-side from the new Savanta megapoll is quite something.
Conservative party reduced to just 53 MPs, with Rishi Sunak set to become the first serving Prime Minister to lose his own seat
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/19/rishi-sunak-to-lose-seat-tory-wipeout-major-poll-predicts/ pic.twitter.com/rjnUPisCOo
Posted on X
Christopher Hope📝
christopherhope
On the Conservative battle bus again today.
When will Rishi Sunak start to take risks with his campaign? Previous Tory leaders would be using their battle bus to pull into towns, jump off and do a 15 minute walkabout, before moving on.
It would be great TV and would show the PM…
Posted on X
Steven Swinford
Steven_Swinford
Exclusive from @MaxKendix
Rishi Sunak's hyper-defensive election strategy in numbers:
* The prime minister has spent the election campaign visiting seats with an average majority of 11,894
* Over the past 10 days that average has increased to **14,317**
* One in five of the…
Posted on X
For context
What to Know About the UK General Election on July 4
By Esther Bintliff
What you need to know about the UK’s upcoming general election
By Rob Picheta
When is the general election? Key dates and everything you need to know
By Edward Malnick and Amy Gibbons
All coverage
Timetable for the 2024 general election
By Neil Johnston
Little evidence suggests Rishi Sunak will benefit from a football feelgood factor by holding a July election – it may even ...
By Daniel Fitzpatrick
Public finances and the 2024 general election
By Paul Johnson, Ben Zaranko and Carl Emmerson
NHS, the economy, inflation and immigration set to be biggest election issues
By Gideon Skinner and Michael Clemence
Rishi Sunak calls UK national election for July 4
By William James, Andrew Macaskill and Elizabeth Piper
Rishi Sunak’s Election Speech Drowned Out By Pouring British Rain & Protester Blasting D:Ream’s ‘Things Can Only Get Better’
By Jake Kanter
British PM Rishi Sunak calls election, with his Conservatives at risk of a heavy defeat
By Alexander Smith
Rishi Sunak INSISTED on braving the rain: The inside story of how the PM's seemingly snap decision was secretl
By Jason Groves
Why has the UK PM called a general election, what's at stake and what happens now?
By Heather Stewart and Rowena Mason
Sunak says Labour taking victory for granted as Starmer calls on voters to ‘stop the chaos’ – as it happened
By Andrew Sparrow and Donna Ferguson
Sunak seems convinced that Who Dares Wins. Spoiler alert: sometimes they lose really badly
By Marina Hyde
‘Why did he do it?’ how Rishi Sunak’s early election backfired on the PM
By Toby Helm, James Tapper and Michael Savage
General election called for 4 July, as Rishi Sunak says 'now is the moment for Britain to choose its future'
By Faye Brown
UK election called for 4 July – what happens next?
By Christopher Kirkland
A humiliating election speech, with little to offer. Sunak’s USP was competence – what of that now?
By Martin Kettle
