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Tactical voting could defeat Tories in once safe seats, campaigners say

Senior Tories such as Liz Truss and Jeremy Hunt could be for chop as well as once safe seats such as Maidenhead

The Guardian - UK

Former BBC chair Richard Sharp 'could be granted knighthood' by Rishi Sunak

FORMER BBC chair Richard Sharp has been put forward for a significant honour by Rishi Sunak, according to a report.

The National (Scotland)

Drill into the policy, ignore the puffery: this is a Starmer manifesto more than a Labour one

The comparator isn’t any other Labour leader – it’s the Tory Edward Heath, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

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Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday review – Theresa May’s awkward dance enters the Whoniverse

This hokey, OTT episode, which references Elon Musk and the former PM, could go down well with hardcore Whovians… but will it alienate Gen Z?

The Independent UK

OPINION - If you knew Keir Starmer's father was a toolmaker, this newsletter is for you

Sadiq Khan and Sajid Javid's fathers: bus drivers. Theresa May and Gordon Brown's: clergymen. John Major's: a music hall performer. If you knew any of these, congratulations, you are a deeply weird person. In fact, even if you didn't, you are still a little strange because you subscribe to a…

Evening Standard

Has Reform really overtaken the Tories in the polls? And does that mean it could beat them on July 4?

A YouGov poll has put Reform UK ahead of the Conservatives for the first time. After a terrible few weeks of election campaigning, the Tories are on 18% while Reform has edged ahead to 19%. The same poll gave Labour 37% and the Liberal Democrats 14%.

The Conversation

From ‘hug a husky’ to ‘max out the oil’: the Tory environmental journey

We look back through 14 years of Conservative manifestos at policies on net zero, energy, transport and more

The Guardian - UK

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With this half-hearted, delusional manifesto, Rishi Sunak has all but given up

It would take a political genius to rescue the Tories now. Instead they have a leader more suited to churning out quarterly reports, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: Conservative manifesto; Farage pelted again; Green candidate defects

In today’s newsletter: Breaking down what was in the Tory manifesto, more items lobbed at the Reform leader, and a surprising defection in Scotland

The Guardian - UK

What is a General Election manifesto? Conservatives unveil more tax cuts to attract voters

The Lib Dems and the Conservatives have already unveiled their programmes for government

Evening Standard

Immigration: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts

Net migration is more than two and a half times the 2010 figure despite a string of Tory pledges to reduce it

The Guardian - UK

British Prime Minister's D-Day Commemoration Controversy

British PM Rishi Sunak's early exit from D-Day events sparks controversy, impacting election campaign.

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‘Bigoted woman’ and fridge-hiding: a history of election gaffes after Sunak’s D-day disaster

Prime minister is not the first party leader to make bad decisions during the heat of a general election campaign

The Guardian - UK

Why the UK really does need a clear plan to fix adult social care

Social care is set to be a central theme in the forthcoming UK general election. In the first electoral debate, held on June 4, 2024, Labour leader Keir Starmer promised a full plan to be published within the party’s manifesto. Sunak was altogether vaguer on what the Conservatives aim to…

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Evening Standard

Will Michael Gove do Strictly? All the rumoured next jobs for Tory MPs

They ran the country, but now they’re moving on. What’s next for Matt Hancock, Sajid Javid, Nadhim Zahawi, Dominic Raab, and the rest?

The Independent UK

Rory Stewart warns Tories not to ‘chase Farage’ and accuses party of giving up on youth vote

The former One Nation Tory said the party has not recovered since the ‘chaos’ of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss

The Independent UK

General election countdown: What the 1983 and 2017 votes tell us about Starmer’s lead over Sunak

Though the odds clearly favour Keir Starmer’s Labour, two previous elections remind us that polls can shift during campaigns

The Conversation

Hostile environment, Brexit and missed targets: 14 years of Tory immigration policy

Migration is a top issue for some voters and candidates in the UK’s general election. The last 14 years of Conservative policy have introduced restrictive policies on both legal and irregular migration. And yet, net migration stands at 685,000, a near historic high.

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Election 2024: will Sunak and Starmer facing off in televised debates make a difference to voters?

The first televised debate of the 2024 general election will take place on Tuesday, June 4, putting Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer head to head on ITV. ITV has also announced they will hold a multiparty debate later in June. The BBC will host at least two multiparty debates, as…

The Guardian - UK

Labour and Conservative battlebuses hit the road, but ‘lonely figure’ Sunak seems like a solo traveller

Keir Starmer launched his campaign bus on Saturday with his senior shadow cabinet members, but Tory ‘big beasts’ appeared to have deserted the PM in Redcar

The Guardian - UK

If the pollsters have it right, the Conservatives need a miracle in five weeks

The desire to see the back of the Tories seems to outweigh any considerations of policy – or whether Labour will actually deliver much positive change

Evening Standard

General election TV debates: dates and who will take part

The main talking points of the first head to head were taxes, the economy, immigration, education and the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Six televised rounds of Starmer v Sunak? I can’t imagine anything worse

These debates are rarely useful, let alone enlightening. Let’s have a head-to-head of progressive parties instead, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Independent UK

Theresa May: Compromise should not be a poisonous word in politics

The former Tory prime minister also explained at her appearance at the Hay literary festival how she once came to be holding hands with Donald Trump

Salon

Britain's Tories headed for a soaking

U.K.'s hapless prime minister calls a "snap election" he's sure to lose, while the Trump-style right bides its time

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