London/Internet/Hyderabad, May 23 (Maxim News): Britain’s first Prime Minister of Indian origin Rishi Sunak announced that the UK’s general election will be held on July 4, saying it is time for the country to choose its future.
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In an address from the lectern on the steps of 10 Downing Street on a rainy London evening, Sunak confirmed a summer poll in six weeks’ time and that the parliament would soon be dissolved after he formally informed King Charles III of the election timeline.
The announcement comes as the governing Conservative Party is forecast for a general election drubbing by most opinion polls, with the Opposition Labour Party holding a firm lead after a series of recent by-elections and local election victories.
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The 44 year-old leader laid out his record dating back to his term as Finance Minister during the Covid lockdowns in his pitch to the British electorate, who will soon give their verdict at the ballot box. I spoke with His Majesty the King to request the dissolution of Parliament and the King has granted this request and we will have a general election on the fourth of July, said Sunak. (Maxim News)
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