SNP’s Stephen Flynn challenges Rishi Sunak over summer general election claims
While Sir Keir Starmer has done a good job making Labour electable, most of that is down to the arrogance and incompetence of the ToriesAnd every night, balding polling experts who don’t get out much will be telling you about the likelihood thatEuros
But another team, led by the PM’s Political Secretary James Forsyth, have been pushing for a summer election.They have known each other since school, are godparents to each other's kids, and Rishi was best man at James’ wedding.Anyway, James’ camp reckons Rishi can now finally show he is achieving all five of the priorities he set out when he became PM.
And on stopping the boats, the PM has managed to pass laws enacting his flagship Rwanda deportation plan.But there is also grim news for No10 that has nudged them into calling a summer election. Previous elections show that voters tend to reward the incumbent government if they feel better off - and punish them if they do not.
Labour will aim to trash that record and ask voters whether they really feel better than they did 14 years ago when the Tories first got to power. Were the PM to get a plane to Kigali before polling day, the pressure would be on Labour to justify scrapping a visible possible deterrent. Realising voters are fed up with crime going unanswered and unsolved, expect them to talk in the strongest terms about cracking down on theft, shoplifting and antisocial behaviour.
Labour has outlined an “ambition” to hit that target but is yet to spell out a pathway to fund it, accusing ministers of cooking the books.A knock-on effect of global unrest is the domestic reaction to the war in Gaza, which has the possibility to seriously hurt Labour. Labour on the other hand see it as home turf and will be hammering the government’s handling of the health service.
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