Will the debates clash with any football fixtures? There have been several clashes between debate timings and football fixtures – an inevitability with the jam-packed TV schedules. Football fans and politics watchers were torn on June 7, when the BBC’s debate with the seven parties coincided with England’s international warm-up with Iceland on Channel 4. … Read more
The four main party leaders Mr Sunak, Sir Keir, the SNP’s John Swinney and Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, took part in the most recent television special on June 20. The leaders did not go head to head and instead were given 30-minute slots to answer audience questions. The debate announcements were confirmed after … Read more
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2 a.m.: Labour strategists hope to unseat the Tory Avon and Somerset police commissioner and make gains in Tory North East Lincolnshire, where Labour ex-MP Melanie Onn is standing in the general. Lib Dems are talking down the odds of taking Portsmouth despite only needing four gains. Hart is a three-way fight between Tories, Lib Dems and a veteran community group. … Read more
PM Sunak, Hill notes, “entered Downing Street after one of the weakest prime ministers in modern history” when he succeeded Truss, and “didn’t really have a mandate for any kind of ideological program or policy program” beyond sorting out the crisis that erupted under her short leadership. “Into that void, the various factions are stepping … Read more