LONDON. The UK goes to elections on 4 July. This was confirmed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, formally announcing the call of the vote to the nation from Downing Street under a rainy sky and disturbed by the background noise of musical notes from loudspeakers of protesting demonstrators. Sunak said he informed King Charles III as head of state, while he claimed to have helped the country emerge from the “greatest challenges since the Second World War” experienced in the last 4 years, from the repercussions of the pandemic to those of the war of Russia in Ukraine. He then evoked a better future.
«And thanks to collective effort, we have achieved two milestones: our economy is growing faster than anyone expected and inflation has returned to normal. This is proof that our priorities are working.” For Sunak, the United Kingdom will now have to choose between the Conservatives and Keir Starmer’s Labor Party, which however “would be like going back to square one.” Sunak’s announcement took everyone a bit by surprise, given the advantage of around 20 points that the polls give to the Labor Party over the Tories (enough to obtain an absolute majority). Furthermore, just three weeks ago, there were municipal elections in which the conservatives achieved terrible results, losing half of their councilors in the localities where voting was held.
In his speech Sunak highlighted several times the “courageous” decisions taken by the Tory government to “make the country prosper”, even the most difficult ones, necessary to overcome periods of uncertainty, focusing in particular on restoring economic stability in the Kingdom. “I can’t say the same thing for the Labor Party, because I don’t know what they offer and, to be honest, I don’t think you know either,” said Sunak again, according to whom the British cannot trust Starmer for the his inability to keep his promises. The prime minister instead said he was ready to “earn the trust” of voters and to demonstrate that “only a conservative government led by me” will guarantee economic stability, “restore pride and trust in our country”, ultimately promising ” a secure future.”
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