Rishi Sunak suggests general election will be in ‘second half of the year’
Rishi Sunak has appeared to rule out holding a general election in the first half of the year. It comes amid speculation that the prime minister could call an election as early as May. Speaking in the East Midlands, he was asked if he knew when Britons will head to the polls for an election. […]
The view to 2024: What next for British politics?
2024 could see power change hands between the Labour and Conservative parties for only the second time this century.
Year-in-Review: The rejection of Rishi Sunak
When the history of this Conservative government is written, the year of 2023 will occupy a central place. But not for the reasons Rishi Sunak hoped. As 2023 began, this next chapter in British history appeared to write itself as scribes readied to explain how, after a year of political trauma and tailspin, a new […]
Rishi Sunak confirms election will be next year, despite legal right to wait until January 2025
Rishi Sunak has confirmed this evening that a general election will be held next year in 2024, despite speculation that the prime minister could hold off until January 2025. Under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, January 2025 is the latest the prime minister could hold an election according to law. According to […]
Week-in-Review: The political inanity of Rishi Sunak vs the ‘five families’
This week, the dispossessed, the never-possessed and the otherwise perennially discontented in the Conservative Party took aim at Rishi Sunak over his bid to implement the Rwanda deportation scheme, vying to bend the vulnerable prime minister to their collective ends. But after days of speculation, stoked by a “star chamber”, incessant pressers and a breakfast in […]
Rishi Sunak: I am passionate, not tetchy
The prime minister has denied he is “tetchy” in a recent interview, saying of the criticism: “I don’t understand that”. The criticism emerged in the wake of his diplomatic spat with the Greek prime minister over the Elgin Marbles, which saw Rishi Sunak call off a meeting at the eleventh hour over his Greek […]
PMQs verdict: A fiery Sunak was told to calm down as Starmer savaged his record
With Christmas recess looming, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clashed in the final prime minister’s questions of the year this afternoon. Welcomed back to the commons umpire’s chair this week was Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle — after his deputy Dame Eleanor Laing covered for his Covid-induced absence last week. Fortunately, in his […]
Lord Farage? Bring back Boris? The Conservative ‘plots’ that could seal Rishi Sunak’s fate
Prime minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure like never before and, lo, the Sundays were full of stories of intrigue and plotting in Conservative ranks as MPs consider — if you believe those write-ups — a further regicidal spasm. To the largest part of SW1 and the country beyond, the news that sets of Conservative […]
Senior Conservatives plead with party to ‘stop shouting’ as Rwanda rebellion builds
Senior Conservatives urged their fellow MPs and party members over the weekend to cease talk of plotting against Rishi Sunak, with the under pressure PM facing a crunch week with a key commons vote ahead. A vote on the prime minister’s new Rwanda bill, formally the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, is expected […]
PM faces Covid inquiry amid speculation WhatsApps may be recoverable from ‘broken phone’
Rishi Sunak will today face the Covid inquiry for an eight-hour grilling, where he is expected to be questioned over his patronage of the controversial “Eat Out to Help Out Scheme” and the reasons he was unable to disclose some key contemporaneous WhatsApps. It comes after pranksters were reported to have been able to access […]
