Rishi Sunak has taken a huge gamble by announcing a July 4 election, propelling his Conservatives into a six-week election campaign with the party trailing Labour by more than 20 points in opinion polls.
Standing in a rain-lashed Downing Street, Sunak set his sights on an unlikely fifth consecutive Tory election victory, declaring: “Now is the moment for Britain to choose its future.”
The UK prime minister said he had spoken to King Charles on Wednesday and the monarch had agreed to dissolve parliament on May 30. But the campaign is already in full swing.
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