Rishi Sunak Plans to Hold General Election in Fall 2024 in Hope of Shocking Victory

Rishi Sunak during an Easter visit to the Wensleydale Heifers Rugby Union in his constituency. The idea of ​​holding early elections in the spring of 2024 was categorically rejected by the Sunak camp. Credit: SAM ROSS

Downing Street plans to hold a general election in the fall of 2024, believing a vote later in the year offers the best chance of a shock. victory, according to The Telegraph.

October and November of the following year were pre-drilled by Rishi Sunak's team for a nationwide vote, which would mean the electorate would decide two years after which he would become prime minister.

Well-informed sources believe that being late maximizes chance on improving the economy and enacting a new law on small craft that will reduce the number of crossings of the English Channel, which will increase Mr. Sunak.

It will also give more time to close the gap in the Labor vote. The Tories are 18 percentage points behind the poll average, compared to 24 percentage points when Mr. Sunak took office in October.

The idea of ​​holding early elections in the spring of 2024 was strongly rejected by Sunak. camp, given the extent of the political renovations, despite continued speculation in Westminster.

Mr. Sunak's approach echoes that of Gordon Brown, who waited as long as he could before calling elections in May 2010. Photo: Paul Grover. as long as he could before announcing elections in May 2010.

In the end, Mr Brown did more than expected, depriving the Tories of a majority in the House of Commons, despite months of lagged behind in the opinion polls, though he eventually left office when the Tories and the Liberal Democrats struck a coalition deal.

Some Tory MPs believe that another hung parliament in which no party has an absolute majority in the House of Commons remains a possibility, given that the Tories currently have more constituencies than Labor.

The recent Tory attacks on Sir Keir Starmer as a Flopper toss are based on focus group research showing voters don't know what the Labor leader stands for and shaping will continue in the coming months.

Mr Sunak , whose premiership will reach the mark in six months in April, has focused on fixing the problems inherited from his Conservative predecessors since taking office.

There are signs that the strategy is working: inflation is projected to fall to 2.9 % by the end of the year, the Brexit agreement was approved by the House of Commons and legislation on small boats was published.

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No firm decision on the date of the election will be made until much closer. The last general election could be held in January 2025.