UK/General election/2024
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| Date | 4 July 2024 |
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| Description | UK's 2024 election. |
The 2024 UK General Election is to take place on Thursday 4 July 2024.
Addressing the nation outside Downing Street, a rain-soaked Rishi Sunak said it was “the moment for Britain to choose its future” as he claimed the Tories could be trusted to lead the country during a time of global instability. He said:
“This election will take place at time when the world is more dangerous than it has been since the end of the cold war. These uncertain times call for a clear plan and bold action to chart a course to a secure future. You must choose in this election who has that plan.”[1]
Contents
First nation-wide test
| Sky's economics editor Ed Conway looks at what factors that may have prompted Rishi Sunak to call a general election. |
The UK Conservative Party faces its first nation-wide election after selecting Rishi Sunak as British Prime Minister on 25 October 2022.[2]
Challenge for Starmer
Whereas the Leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer is to be challenged in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency by the Independent candidate Andrew Feinstein, who is aiming to un-seat Starmer.[3]
Boundary changes
Constituency boundary changes will, in effect, be the first such changes since before the UK/General election/2010.[4]
Gamblegate
During the campaign, allegations were made that bets were placed on gambling sites by individuals with insider knowledge of the date of the general election before Rishi Sunak publicly announced when it would be held. On 12 June 2024, The Guardian reported that a Conservative candidate in the election and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Craig Williams, had put a £100 bet on a July election with gambling site Ladbrokes in a branch in his constituency of Montgomeryshire on 19 May, days before Rishi Sunak announced the election to the public. An apology followed, but everyone remained silent when asked who had given him this info. One week later, less than a month before the election, half a dozen more employees of Sunak were facing a police investigation for the same insider betting charges.[5]
Green Party manifesto
- Millions of people in our country are feeling insecure and deeply worried about the future.
- We live in one of the richest countries on the planet, yet nurses are using food banks, our children’s schools are crumbling, a roof over our heads is all too often unaffordable, and hospital and dentist appointments are like gold dust.
- Meanwhile, the climate emergency continues to accelerate. Scientists warn that we are currently on track for global temperatures to rise by at least 2.5°C, far beyond levels at which humanity can safely survive.
- Our promise to you is that all this can change. We can create a greener, fairer country together – one in which we are all safer, happier and more fulfilled.
- It will take MPs prepared to make brave, principled choices on your behalf. And it will take the kinds of policies set out in this manifesto, for which elected Green MPs will fight hard every single day for you.
- Voting Green on 4th July is your way of showing you believe a fairer, greener world is possible – and is worth fighting for.
- Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, Green Party Co-Leaders[6]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Andrew Feinstein confirms GE candidacy vs Starmer | Article | 21 May 2024 | Steven Walker | Constituency resident Andrew Feinstein, who served as an MP in Nelson Mandela's government, will stand in Holborn and St Pancras at the 2024 General Election |
| Document:Labour drops plans to stand at next general election | Article | 9 February 2024 | The Daily Mash | The Daily Mash, a satirical website reported today: “People like me have been saying Labour needed to appeal to Tory supporters for years. Now they’ve done it I’m going to vote Reform because I am a typical f**kwit British voter,” said Charlotte Phelps of Reading. |
| Document:The Rejection of Starmerism | blog post | 5 July 2024 | Craig Murray | "I don’t think any Prime Minister has ever come to power with less popular enthusiasm than Keir Starmer." |
| Document:What Really Happens in Blackburn | blog post | 24 June 2024 | Craig Murray | "When my candidacy for Blackburn was announced in March, Jack Straw issued an attack on me on 3 April 2024, stating that I had 'no cause' to stand in Blackburn. Then lo and behold, two months later after the election was called Jack Straw’s old fixer turns up with an 'Independent Candidate' to split the pro-Palestine vote." |
| Document:Who should hold the next prime minister to account? Our best hope lies with the Green party | Article | 12 June 2024 | George Monbiot | The Green party has a chance of winning six seats in this election – Brighton Pavilion, where former party leader Caroline Lucas is standing down, Birkenhead, Bristol Central, Clacton, North Herefordshire, and Waveney Valley. If you live in one of these constituencies and wish to evict the Tories, this is the most effective way to use your vote. |
References
- ↑ "Rishi Sunak takes gamble by calling UK general election for 4 July"
- ↑ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05085/
- ↑ "Andrew Feinstein announced as left-wing candidate to unseat Keir Starmer at general election"
- ↑ "Boundary review 2023: Which seats will change in the UK?"
- ↑ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_date_betting_controversy
- ↑ "Green Party 2024 General Election Manifesto"
