The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak announced this Wednesday the advancement of the general elections in the United Kingdom to next July 4.
“Today I spoke to His Majesty the King to request the dissolution of Parliament. The King has agreed to this request and we will hold a general election on July 4,” Sunak announced outside the doors of his official Downing Street residence.
The unexpected decision comes when the Conservatives are a long way behind the Labor opposition, according to all polls, and on the same day it became known that the Inflation fell to 2.3% in April, its lowest level in almost three years.
After ensuring that The United Kingdom has gone through its most difficult time since World War II, Sunak said his Government has focused on returning economic stability to the country following the Covid-19 pandemic.
I came to government promising economic stability, and thanks to collective efforts we have achieved two milestones: our economy is growing faster than anyone anticipated and inflation has returned to normal.
“I came to the Government promising economic stability, and thanks to the collective effort we have achieved two milestones: our economy is growing faster than anyone anticipated (…) and inflation has returned to normal. This is proof that our priorities are working,” he added.
“Starmer has shown time and time again that he will always take the easy way out,” the prime minister attacked, after presenting himself as someone who adopted difficult and unpopular measures when necessary.
“Over the next few weeks, I will fight for every vote. I will earn your trust. And I will show you that only a Conservative government led by me that does not put our hard-won economic stability at risk can restore pride and confidence in our country “said Sunak in his speech.
This morning, the prime minister had reiterated in the Government control session in Parliament that His intention was to call the elections in the second half of this year, but he did not want to specify when.
For the Conservatives, whom Boris Johnson led to a historic victory in 2019, things are going from bad to worse, with more than 60 of the Tories’ 344 MPs having already given up running, including party heavyweights.
The Labor Party, the first of the British opposition, would put hard-won economic stability at risk
The elections had to be scheduled before the end of January 2025. But a series of good news at an economic level, such as a brake on inflation or the fact of taking steps to implement the plan to expel irregular immigrants to Rwanda, would have ended up convince Sunak to take the step of bringing forward the elections.
Starmer called for a vote for “a reformed Labor Party”, which will bring stability and a new style of politics and economics in favor of the people, in the face of the “chaos” of the last conservative governments.
The 61-year-old politician succeeded Jeremy Corbyn as head of the party, a defender of a more left-wing ideology who suffered a severe setback in the 2019 legislative elections. Starmer took a turn and changed the course of the Labor party away from Corbyn’s most radical theses.
*With AFP and EFE
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