6 Reasons Sunak Called the Election Early

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In this video, we’re going to explain why everyone thought he’d call the election in the autumn, and provide six possible theories for why he called it now instead.
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[@simplyepic1732]

reason number 7: hes a silly billy

[@jamestheranger3851]

Does he like silly sausages?

[@jamessteel9016]

Turkeys voting for Christmas

[@wattieiscute]

Ya

[@olibob203]

I think he wanted a a long summer holiday

[@flappetyflippers]

He was feart

[@darthvaderreviews6926]

My best guess is that Sunak thought the Tories were going to no confidence him- Calling an election _now_ essentially makes him indispensible.

[@The1trueDave]

He's just going to get 15 million no-confidence votes now instead of 300!

[@allenmontrasio8962]

For another six weeks.

[@Dawe360]

The political version of farting in the elevator before walking out.

[@atwarroyal8770]

@@Dawe360 May god bless you, this made me laugh after a long day at work!!

[@gp-1542]

Smart Even if it gets him six more weeks

[@HenryKatty]

Great video, The first $100,000 invested was amazing. But when you hit $300,000 it’s like smashing the glass ceiling! I cried.

[@bonner-qv3mi]

I completely agree with you! My first 100k took a long time and wasn't that special to be honest with you. Once I hit 300K that is the game changer in my opinion. At this point my money is basically making me a pretty good yearly salary. When I go to sleep at night I know my money is making decent money with the help of my FA

[@WalterDorcas]

Nice. People often underestimate financial advisors' importance. Over 50 years of data reveal that those who work with advisors typically earn more than those who go it alone. I've been fortunate to work with one for 13 years, resulting in a $1 million portfolio, largely from early investments in AI and other growth stocks.

[@HenryKatty]

I've been considering but haven't been proactive. Can you recommend your advisor? Could really use some assistance."

[@bonner-qv3mi]

"Angela Lynn Schilling" is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with to set up an appointment.!

[@HenryKatty]

I looked up her name online and found her page. I emailed and made an appointment to talk with her. Thanks for the tip!

[@mkvenner2]

At least he lasted longer than the cabbage

[@Normal_Boii]

And that's pretty much it

[@davidty2006]

or did he?

[@captainbuggernut9565]

You do realise the reading age of the Mirror newspaper is age 8. Which is slightly below the average Labour voter at 9. I kid you not.

[@PeasMinister]

*lettuce

[@ray-wm7yd]

@@captainbuggernut9565 very poor, childish even

[@jamessteel9016]

He was about to be challenged for the leadership, no choice

[@museli_addict]

This is the obvious reason no one is mentioning. Much better to lose an election as Prime Minister than being toppled by a political coup. Especially regarding his speaker fees post PM. Going down on HIS ship to stop someone else having it.

[@yt.personal.identification]

This is my guess. He decided to take them all with him.

[@allenmontrasio8962]

That's probably the reason, but he's just delaying the inevitable by six weeks.

[@gameofender4463]

@@yt.personal.identification If that’s true, then he’s being a complete and utter selfish coward.

[@CashelOConnolly]

@@gameofender4463aren’t you stating the obvious 😂✌🏻

[@onenote6619]

Option 7: Sunak has knifed the headbanger MPs who were going to knife him. Collateral damage? Why would he care when his career is basically over?

[@woodysmith2681]

No, his career is far from over. He and his wife resume their careers in high finance making the real money, only he'll have "former PM" by his name to charge more for his clients.

[@Artyomi]

As a non Brit - the first sentence makes absolutely no sense to me lol

[@strategossable1366]

@@Artyomi Translation into non-idiomatic English: Sunak has betrayed the foolish MPs who were going to betray him.

[@onenote6619]

@@strategossable1366 Do unto others as they would do unto you ..... and do it first.

[@strategossable1366]

@@onenote6619 that's a hilarious line, I'm going to use that 😂

[@rafaelmartinvannostrand2084]

I said it once and I say it again: that ikea cactus in the top shelf is dangerously close to the border

[@angryherbalgerbil]

A cactus? Close to the border? Quick we must stop this! We have enough problems with borders!

[@rafaelmartinvannostrand2084]

@@angryherbalgerbil 🤣🤣🤣 no, this one it's OK, it's Swedish cactus

[@ddbarr]

​​@@rafaelmartinvannostrand2084 This cactus shall not cross the border!!!!!😡😡😡

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

it was worse before.

[@Brokout]

Thank goodness there are real journalists shedding light on cactusgate, WAKE UP PEOPLE

[@adrianwhyatt594]

Certainly the wettest launch!

[@BigDonkEnergy]

The most moist

[@evelbsstudio]

Was it rain or flooding of the sinking ship?

[@denisburgess2966]

He is a big drip.

[@jaorlowski]

Does the prime minister not own an umbrella and has no friends/employees that would do him this small favour..?

[@garryraysysling6229]

Yes a wet situation just like him. It's time to get someone with backbone

[@mcdakka7223]

He just wants a early holiday

[@mr.netflix9149]

Fair enough

[@kuba0309]

i mean, dont we all 😂😂

[@ant11368]

he knows there is a chance the ICC will come after him too - he's applied for US citizenship and will move there as that's the only country where he (might) be safe from the long arm of the law

[@smtkelly]

Actually I think this might be it. If he wife is like mine she probably said; ffs your not going to ruin the kid's summer hols running around 24/7 just to get sacked. And she's right 🤷‍♂

[@moltengears7483]

there is no winning for us hes going to get paid forever now

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

He knows that things will get worse.

[@Lando-kx6so]

Yea if he stayed till autum tories would've been 40% pts behind labour

[@robertgammon-ross9983]

But things can only get better?

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

@@robertgammon-ross9983 Reelect the torys and say that in a year or 2

[@robertgammon-ross9983]

@@williampatrickfagan7590 I was referencing the song being played

[@dlc2479]

Exactly, hes a billionaire, why would he still around? He can swan off and live a life of abundance

[@Snaily]

My local Tory MP sent out bullshit-filled flyers a few weeks ago which desperately begged for people to vote for him "This summer." It wasn't a surprise at all.

[@hannahk1306]

We've had leaflets as well, but only this week. However, ours was more confusing as it was addressed as "you are either in my old or my new constituency" (our constituency boundaries are being drastically changed for this election). Having said that, we've had a few pro-Tory leaflets, etc in the last few months anyway (standard local election/general election year stuff), so nothing that jumped out as indicating a specific time period. I do wonder if he only told certain people, i.e. not the backbenchers who he wants to get rid of.

[@ChuffedLemon]

Same. I didn’t bother to do anything more than curse and toss it in the recycle bin.

[@getnohappy]

I think the main reason is the belief that the UK population are stupid. That 14 years of misrule can be undone by the fact summer means people won't see crippling heating bills, there is less pressure on the NHS, and that if it's sunny everyone will be in a nice mood. And honestly, it's probably worth more than a few % points on the day.

[@evelbsstudio]

The population is stupid they voted for what we got and keep voting for them or will vote reform that is a re-branded Conservative party.

[@lonyo5377]

Inflation came out still ahead of forecasts so interest rates might not be cut before the election, and the recent immigration figures are still high, which came out just before the announcement. Plenty of negatives which may still be fresh offsetting potential upsides

[@DrG65199]

I take your points as valid. But the implication (population is stupid) of your point is that this can be solved by non Tories. Isn't this stupid? The issues you discuss are structural issues about the UK populace and our economy. Too many people living longer, too few persons working, too many young people complaining of asinine "mental health" issues and not working or claiming benefits, too little business growth and entrepreneurship. No, taxing companies and those earning more than 100k won't solve the issue but in fact worsen it. Even labour admits they don't have much room for economic improvements. So who is really thinking the public is stupid? At least some Tories are willing to be honest about these problems. No lib dem labour or green party is, instead blaming it all on the rich.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

dont forget the planetary alignment between mars and jupiter...

[@bazzatron9482]

​I gotta object to your take of "asinine mental health issues" here - it belies your total naïvité on the subject. If an entire generation are mentally ill, measured by internationally agreed standards set by people who aren't - there's something bigger going on that "aww poor babies don't want to get a job". If the younger millennials, gen Z and Alpha weren't patronised or dismissed, had some stake in the union and their future, and weren't so utterly crippled by the least affordable student debts, rent, energy, travel, and food costs we've ever seen - *perhaps* depression, anxiety, and hopelessness wouldn't be the status quo. Your writing reeks of "I struggled, why shouldn't they?" - which is both an assumption I'm making, and also ludicrous. If this isn't why you feel this way, I'd be very interested to find out how you came to this conclusion. Mentally sound individuals do not think that they have mental health problems.

[@Ann-Games77]

Oh man. The UK is seriously in a state. Feeling solidarity with you guys from the US. Politics is a mess

[@alexsbarricades8218]

Thank you buddy

[@ant11368]

it's a mess in lots of the rest of Europe too

[@Talisguy]

​@@ant11368 Yeah, the US is just the loudest mess, because it can't help but be the loudest thing on the global stage.

[@matthewbentley1236]

Honestly this is kinda the best result, the conservatives have been in charge (effectively) for more than a decade, the sooner they're out the better.

[@floweringnight-lord3008]

Equally messed up in US, so solidarity there as well

[@mtssman]

Rishi tried Brilliant and immediately learn there is no point to continue.

[@brianferguson7840]

1) CHECK VOTER REGISTRATION✅️ 2)CHECK VOTER I.D.✅️ 3)CHECK FRIENDS AND FAMILY ✅️✅️✅️

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

"Check friends and family"?

[@antiantiderivative]

@@herbivorethecarnivore8447Check that they’ve also done the same

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

@@antiantiderivative I said it because I have no idea what that implies. It feels like checking them to make sure they're voting the way you are.

[@meltdown6165]

Call the election in the summer so all the uni students and working class parents with school children are away on holidays. Retired people who are more likely to vote conservative like to vacation during the off seasons. Worked well for the brexit vote. Remember to register for mail in voting!

[@frankkobold]

Isn't the election right before the summer holidays? Meaning that it would be more likely for retired people being away (since it's cheaper)

[@meltdown6165]

Hm you are right, election is 3 weeks before the school holidays start. So Johnson was smarter than Sunak, who would have guessed?

[@cameronwixcey9692]

​@frankkobold alot of poorer people take their kids out early to save money. Uni's may have broken up, so students are dispersed and maybe registered in the wrong place? Summer festivals like glasto on? But Glastonbury is the week before so everyone should be home.

[@Bushflare]

But the Brexit vote was supposed to fail. The Tories under Cameron were pro-remain and even used government funds to campaign against leave.

[@peepeetrain8755]

This is why voting should be mandatory. politicns shouldnt use inconveniant days for a large voter populace.

[@liam7664]

He wanted the nightmare to end.

[@cbtillery135]

my guy he is the nightmare

[@vegetableman3911]

@@cbtillery135liz truss was the nightmare and Sunak just couldn’t pick up all the pieces.

[@tayetrotman]

@@cbtillery135 Nah, Sunak has been a better PM than Boris or Truss. He’s still garbage, but they were nightmares, he’s just completely out of his depth. Just a few years ago he was an obscure junior minister, and he was groomed for the top job in the era of Boris where he could get away with anything and never had to deal with real opposition from within.

[@cbtillery135]

@@tayetrotman it was a joke I'm an American I don't know these things

[@mollusckscramp4124]

@@vegetableman3911 She was in office for 40 days. Chill.

[@aleshandsome3705]

TLDR: Surprise 1. Surprise himself 2. Surprise Reform 3. Surprise Labour 4. Surprise Torries 5. Surprised by Bank of England 6. Can't handle future surprises

[@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095]

As a German, whenever I see you guys‘ videos, I think „What the fuck is going on on that island“

[@angryherbalgerbil]

As a Brit: We have always thought this way. And it saves our skin time and again. 😁 It looks like a madhouse to the outside world. But we're still here, still British, and still going to sit down for a nice cup of tea while the mansion falls apart. Maybe ask our German "King" what's happening on this island. You likely have more in common with him than we do 🤣😂🤣

[@SmellyChicken69]

As an Englishman I think the same

[@injest1928]

😂

[@injest1928]

I have a German friend who seems to watch the UK politics for the entertainment 😂

[@injest1928]

Also, as a Brit, I too often wonder what the fuck is going on on this island!

[@mab9614]

Somehow I have a feeling that he knows he will lose, and there’s a possible threat of no confidence against him. “If I’m going out, I’m going out with a bang.”

[@ivermektin6874]

Based. The chose Truss then blamed him. Hope he laughs in their face when they get 100 seats.

[@TheMap1997]

Things gonna get worse. Rather than facing a coup he'd rather be voted out of office. Also, he's applying for a US citizenship.

[@JasonAtlas]

Not surprised.

[@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana]

We knew that already.

[@museli_addict]

It's almost like a foreign diaspora Goldman Sachs banker, who made his career in America, never cared about our country. ZERO SEATS!

[@ant11368]

so that the ICJ and ICC can't get him?

[@actuallypaulstanley]

Wasn’t he granted dual UK/US nationality in 2022 whilst Chancellor?

[@GreeGraa]

Small correction. Junior doctor strikes have not ended. - A junior doctor

[@evelbsstudio]

You have my support, the NHS is in tatters. Do you still have to work an extra day for free?

[@GreeGraa]

@@evelbsstudio Your support is appreciated! I get paid for all of my contracted hours, but of course most people do a lot of unpaid overtime due to work pressure, in addition to unpaid study, research, audit and teaching work in our own free time (for me generally an extra 10 hours per week).

[@roryokane5907]

@@evelbsstudiofunctionally, yes.

[@marcuswilson3485]

New job then?

[@Ididntwantahandle]

Sunak had to call it, people were getting pissed off with him squatting there. Also if he waited he would have been replaced by his own party.

[@rikstan15]

Sunak is heading for a round of Wipeout, he stood in the rain cuz he knew he'd get wet anyways by falling into the drink.

[@jack504]

You missed that he might have faced a damaging no confidence vote due to his split party putting in no confidence letters

[@datdavid]

it's so obvious this is the actual reason and they never mention it.

[@DoctorDevify]

The junior doctor strikes have not ended. Negotiations have been going on for months which is why there have been no strikes

[@Llanowar_Kitten]

That… sounds like the strike ended. It might be temporary, but they were happening, and now they’re not.

[@DoctorDevify]

@@Llanowar_Kitten you were saying?😂

[@juice6521]

Having the ability to call an election early on your terms is an insane power.

[@Jamal-Ahmed786]

Sunak is not stupid. He's a clever man. He knows something that we don't. I thinknhe probably wants to save his back, or it's financially beneficial for him to leave.

[@meekeverything4937]

He is stupid but corny

[@chrisytfc879]

For me it's voter ID. A month gives young people less time to get photo ID if they can't already drive. And a lot of them will be doing exams anyway.

[@hannahk1306]

​@@chrisytfc879 Hopefully, the next government will get rid of the prejudiced voter ID system (or you know introduce a national ID card like many other countries have...). Also, if anyone doesn't have ID then you can still vote by post (you will be asked for a signature when you register instead, which the signature on your postal vote must match). Alternatively, you can apply for the specific voter ID, but do this as early as possible to ensure it arrives in time.

[@rubberplantsandwich]

Agree, he's intelligent, articulate and dedicated. What a shame he's a Tory.

[@jod125]

@@hannahk1306 I doubt it, such restrictions are easily put in but rarely removed especially when it could benefit labour when in power

[@chipbutty1971]

Even his own team abandoned him - no forthcoming umbrella for him when it started to rain

[@kenw5104]

That explains the drenched and lone speech. But he's alrite. He's rich

[@TheBooban]

Like why doesn't that podium have it's own umbrella holder?

[@theconqueringram5295]

*News Reporter is being forcibly removed* News Reporter: "I am being forcibly removed."

[@boian-inavov]

Simple, as the opposition voters are generally younger, he knows that most of them will be off for the summer to another country and won’t be here to vote, while his voters will be here…

[@wowsuchname1939]

I feel like not enough people realise truly how tactical such a short term election is. I am in my mid 20s, a good few of my friends are on holiday. One is looking into proxy voting but the others don’t see the point in doing so.

[@hannahk1306]

Postal votes are a thing and pretty easy to apply for. Being on holiday doesn't mean that you can't vote - I've been away during elections many times and always voted.

[@peepeetrain8755]

@@wowsuchname1939 this is why there should be compulsory voting. In Australia politicans cant use this tactic, pre voting booths are set up a month in advance and everyone recieved a postal vote in the post if they cant make it to the polls on a saturday.

[@user-gd2rg8xg2y]

​@@peepeetrain8755compulsory voting is highly authoritarian and removes the entire point of having a democracy, choice

[@IanHawshire]

Doesn’t matter, he’s absolutely toasted

[@dondoodat]

Aren't Sunak's kids starting school in America in the autumn ?

[@blackroseangel123]

Yeah he's been stringing us along for a pay cheque until he was already to start his new job.

[@orchidhouse297]

If he is lying about having planes, staff, an airfield ready to go in mid July, this way he can blame Labour for cancelling Rwanda. Money back, please.

[@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197]

Money back ?. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@saabsonsan]

Sunak increased his wealth by 120 million in the last year. He is in the rich list. He couldn’t give a toss

[@museli_addict]

California dreamin'

[@scalifoo]

He's made enough contacts for him,his family and associates he can leave with his pockets full now,,there needs to be investigations on all the past pms and fellow associates on where all the monies gone,,they leave and leave their troubles behind,,and some are cheeky enough to return ie cameron etc, with a clean bill of wealth...

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

The guy can't look out of the window and work out it's raining.

[@TimmyTheTinman]

At this point Keir Starmer could literally run around Central London in his underwear with the chainsaw and still win a landslide victory

[@estraume]

Unlike some other politicians, Sunak has no personal economical motives to stay in the job. He and his family will be well off whatever happens, and I don´t blame him for wanting to quit sooner rather than later.

[@mzo.7333]

I mean if you look at the government contracts and the ties to his family e.g. Infosys etc you'll see that the family make much more on those contracts from the govt. So its not true that there is zero financial incentive. Plus being a PM of a country boosts your charging rate post being the PM. There's loads of financial incentives

[@BB-rj7vb]

​@@mzo.7333 I guarantee you Labour will also give Infosys contracts. It is one of the biggest IT companies in the world. They will get theirs no matter what and who comes

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

coruption.

[@calvin7330]

@@mzo.7333 Of course, that's more incentive to be a "former PM" sooner rather than later

[@harkabirsingh1122]

Infoyses is an it company. How will it benefit from govt contract ​@@mzo.7333

[@DuckSmokezQuack]

Reason 7: theres nothing left to steal from the vault

[@chazer0075]

I think you're missing something else aswell. Voter suppression. Students are doing A-Levels, University exams, moving Uni accommodations, and going home to visit their families in early July, something which will make it difficult for them to vote for Labour as that demographic overwhelmingly does.

[@hannahk1306]

Exams should be over by July; some may be moving or away then, but not all (it's still quite early) and can apply for postal votes if needed; students can be registered at both their home and university addresses, so they can choose where they'd prefer to vote. So whilst it may affect some students, I think the vast majority will still be able to vote as they wish to.

[@MrFuckthesystem6]

Are you sure young people are voting labour? Here in Portugal we had a historically high afluence of young voters and both the right and extreme right surpassed past elections numbers by a landslide

[@TheLucanicLord]

If the rodents vote at home it helps Labour, since most Universities are in big cities which tend to be comfortable Labour wins anyway.

[@IanHawshire]

It’s always some form of voter suppression innit? You’re going to get a +30 Labour landslide because the guy is as appealing as wet toast

[@carus6280]

it would actually help the Conservatives more if the Students were not at home. If they vote at home in rural areas they swing the vote left, in cities which are likely to be more left already, it has less of an impact. So to skew the vote with students they'd have wanted to call the vote a little earlier.

[@tassko]

He wants to go on a long summer ☀️ holiday. Good for him.

[@museli_addict]

Just enough time to get his kids enrolled in California for the start of the next school year.

[@joh2434]

@@museli_addict That's what I hate about the current system, he can run off to California having inflicting suffering and death on thousands and face zero material consequences

[@globuscola]

I would laugh at how awful Sunak is, but then I remember that his predecessors were Truss and BoJo...

[@jaycartwright1170]

bojo was awful but funny at the very least, sunak is just awful

[@koboldprime2257]

dude literally said _"Peace Immout!"_ and dropped a molotov on stage.

[@sakshamrai1803]

Make a video on whether Labour will cross 450 or not?

[@rodericksmith859]

Im from Mississippi and i cannot believe Nigel actually traveled here for a Trump campaign stop, wonder if he had a good time and enjoyed our delicious Southern Cuisine 😂

[@happychappy7115]

Snake has been told by his NonDominatrix missus: we're off to LA...chuck in your job sharpish😮

[@JruTxAgnt]

Nondomi… 😅😅😅

[@reheyesd8666]

"Now is the time to choose our future" Couldn't have been a more ironic statement could there?

[@jacobmacaree3063]

Cabinet were warned, there was a special cabinet meeting before Sunak met the King. They probably didn't show up to the meeting though.

[@spoopytime9928]

Shout out to TLDR for educating me about the situation in the UK, when I actually met a British person I had plenty of very British woes to talk about. Housing crisis, the lettuce incident, OORRRRDEEERRRRRR, it goes on and on.

[@mrgaudy1954]

The real reason is that the night before- following a night of passion with Dishy Rishi- I convinced him to call an early election during pillow talk.

[@mrman991]

I'm betting he knows something that's coming down the track and wants to pull the "look how bad labour are" when the tories are out and they have to deal with it, despite it being caused by the tories

[@phyllislovelace8151]

Thank you TLDR

[@dew9103]

I can respect this move by him, trudeau would never do this and will drag onto the last possible second

[@greigsanderson]

Desperation

[@dewaard3301]

> Things can only better Oh boy...

[@jimmythebum6498]

Not that you’ll be busy enough over the next month, but would it possible to do a tldr on the main party manifestos when they’re finalized?

[@henriquealexandreh]

I rarely comment here, but this is a really nice video. You deserve another subscriber. ;)

[@KrisRogos]

The Manifesto argument works only if you believe Sunak is done writing his own with the consensus of other Tory MPs and party members... Looking at how the different factions have been infighting since the start of his premiership, I strongly doubt he has any lead on Labour in that regard.

[@KrzysztofSzkodaGames]

Easy, because Brexit was a total failure as 60% of the British public today in the UK wanted to rejoin the EU, yes you got the Labour Party but they wanted to make the UK to be more closer with the EU possibly restoring the Freedom of Movement, since the UK is failing due to the cost burden on the British working classes such as losing the EU Single Market access.

[@stickman6217]

The tories have been against brexit from the start why would they try to make it work? Sunak imported 250,000 Indians last year, do you really think he cares about brexit and the british people?

[@JakubS]

Maybe he did a massive online bet that the elections would happen in the summer (instead of autumn as most expected) and now he's gonna get a big payout

[@user-zc4yd9ss7h]

He was sick of all the flack from his own side. I also suspect he recognised that he isn't cut out for politics.

[@keeklawless9248]

Needs time for his kids to settle into a private American school, ready for the new term. Finalise his move to the states

[@calboy2]

We don’t want him!

[@metrospiderrr]

would love to see more coverage on other parties like the greens and the lib dems

[@JoeeyTheeKangaroo]

Greens: Have Islamists in their party Libdems: lied about supporting students There you go.

[@Kj16V]

Yes, they've been completely forgotten since 2019!

[@Infinitystar225]

It's honestly baffling that TLDR News has given so much attention to Reform UK when Greens and Liberal Democrats are more prominent parties.

[@patriarch7237]

@@Infinitystar225 Because the right-wing government is afraid of losing support to the even-more-right-wing Reform UK, the government tries to make policies which will keep the loyalty of people who might be tempted to vote Reform. So Reform has an indirect influence on government policy, as the Conservatives try to out-Reform the Reform party. What Reform does or says might matter, in terms of what the Govt might do to head it off. Meanwhile, no-one cares about the Greens or Lib Dems. The Greens are seen (fairly or not) as a tiny single-issue party - if you vote for them, you were probably going to do that regardless and it still won't make any difference in the UK's voting system. Perception of the Lib Dems is that the one time they got into joint power, they just went along with their bigger partner and Lib Dem voters didn't see anything in exchange for their votes (I guess the Lib Dems couldn't point to many instances where they talked the Tories down). If you dislike Labour/Conservatives that much, just vote for the opposite party unless you happen to be in a constituency where the Lib Dems could win - and there aren't enough of those.

[@user-df1ns1ob8y]

@@Infinitystar225The Libdems and Greens are already established parties, whereas Reform are set to win about 11% of the vote in their first general election.

[@GuidoHaverkort]

The fact that politics even has these tactics shows how messed up everything is. Politics should be about carrying out the will of the people and caring for the people, not some politicians playing tricks on eachother to acquire power

[@louie8346]

Sunak - never let them know your next move

[@autonomous1507]

Another big reason is Scottish schools are out on July 4th which could reduce the number of Scot’s who vote

[@christophersmith8990]

How does the school holidays make it more difficult to vote?

[@personalemail9329]

​@@christophersmith8990people going on vacations with families , preferably visiting some other countries.

[@autonomous1507]

@christophersmith8990 many families have planned holidays and will likely be outside of the country during the general election, they can vote by post but it’s just more of a hassle and many won’t go through the effort.

[@rafflesiaandfriends]

They were going to kick him out but he found out about it and he was like fuck it time to call an election that will teach them?

[@OnCydig]

Things can and will definitely get worse.

[@jimbo6059]

I think his party were about to deselect him.

[@coffeecrashed]

"now is the moment for Britain to choose its future." a future _without_ you.

[@Likasense]

Ye

[@Clevelandlantis]

The reporter getting kicked out 😂 what a professional

[@debbiegilmour6171]

Early? Couldn't have come soon enough honestly

[@mrmr446]

Leading a party so racist the membership voted for Liz Truss in preference can't have been fun.

[@natenae8635]

😅 if they’re weren’t so racist maybe history would’ve been different

[@jatin9070]

@@natenae8635their older generation might had been racist ,war mongerers but they weren't stupid but their current generation whether it is politicians or general people are letting the people ( from those countries they had destroyed during colonization and durings wars in which they teamed up the usa ) to come to their country . There is a good reason apart from mexico border ,usa keeps good check on who comes and stays in their country because they know if they let anyone come to their country , then there will be lot of people from the countries that they hhad destroyed and they would want to take revenge on usa.

[@captainvanisher988]

Calling the Torries racist has to be the most insane and unhinged thing I've ever heard of. The torries are socially progressive and economically moderate right wing.

[@mrmr446]

@@captainvanisher988 I'm guessing you have your own definition that neatly leaves them out, if you have a better explanation as to how Truss got in then let's hear it.

[@captainvanisher988]

@@mrmr446 No racist party would allow Britain to become even 2% non-British let alone in 20% non-British that it is now. Racist parties would never allow blacks and browns into their ranks either. This is racism. Now let's go to nationalism. They aren't nationalists either. Nationalism means that they will have a hard stance on immigration. They won't allow unassimilated migrants to stay. However Brits that are of different ethnicity but have fully assimilated ought to stay in the country and be accepted. Nationalism also entails to not give power to globalist organisations over national policy. Now Torries support homosexual marriage, are full fledged feminists, are very diverse in their ranks, love immigration, are pro-abortion, do not hold Christian values and Christian based policies, are globalists. All these things make them socially progressive. Now they are also against gun ownership, pro censorship and anti speech laws and pro lockdowns. So they're not even conservative libertarians in that sense. Now I said they're moderately right wing economically but that's also a stretch. Let's leave it at that though.

[@esioanniannaho5939]

An acrylic jacket is soaked in water but the shirt and tie totally Dry 😭 what a farce !

[@oshatlarge3870]

We've been asking him and his party for one for years and now we're confused and questioning it???

[@henriettaraphael4368]

The gel on his hair is working😂😂😂

[@shosc16]

I feel bad for Rishi. He shouldn't have taken an impossible job from Bojo and the other failure

[@_Mintyz_]

the whole party is a failure

[@jamesBFC1887]

TLDR: we aren't biased Also TLDR: this entire video

[@georgespeighteh9342]

i mean, how could you spin this to be any more centrist than it is

[@brianferguson7840]

Sunak wanted to make hay while the sun was shining 😂

[@huguesjouffrai9618]

He's just planning his summer holiday

[@m0o0n0i0r]

Rashid Sunook calling an election ROFL

[@davidioanhedges]

Labour : Always weak on the economy ... except every time they have been in power the ecconomy has done very well, debt is reduced or even elimminated, unemployment down, wages up, inflation down etc ... and the opposite is true to the Conservatives - the mainstream media and the Conservatives have said Labour at bad on the economy repeatedly - but it does not match reality

[@MoiMagnus1er]

I often feel like the left is more "reasonable" than what they claim during campaign (promising to increase fundings of everything but following up on only a few of those promises for budget reasons) while the right is significantly less "reasonable" than what they claim (promising to run a balanced budget but giving tax cut to all their friends).

[@ffbear8078]

Let's not say every time as the 2008-2010 financial crisis was on Labour's watch but that was more of a global situation to be fair to them. You're right tho the Labour being weak on the economy is exaggerated, made easier by the fact most people can only remember the last Labour government with that recession or can't remember a Labour government at all, otherwise you'd be going back to the 1970s where you'd have to be 60+ to remember that time from a political standpoint

[@davidioanhedges]

@@ffbear8078 National Debt under the last Labour govenment was paid off and even went negative i.e. there was no debt, this is one of the reasons the global finacial crisis didn't hit as hard as it could have...until the Conservatives got in... and mis-mananged the economy and the debt skyrocketed

[@ffbear8078]

@davidioanhedges of course debt is going to skyrocket after a financial crisis. Notice how every country in the past 100 years experiencing growth is in debt. National debt is not a perfect marker of handling the economy well as for example, I could pay off all my individual debt but if I'm not investing my remaining funds properly and setting myself up for success, I'm just setting myself up to go back into debt

[@ffbear8078]

I'm not saying the tories have handled it well btw, they've done an abysmal job but we shouldn't romanticise Blair and Brown's era as being some kind of utopia

[@user-jz8cm9xp9e]

"junior" doctor strikes aren't over Only the consultant ones are after they accepted a day deal. We did not

[@fraserplays2520]

I don’t care why, the election was called. That’s a win, the quicker we can get him out, the better.

[@allsomatt]

Unless it's an amazing manifesto backed by a legally binding delivery promise, I won't be voting Labour and discouraging others also. I will either vote Lib Dem (to stop a Tory) or my preferred candidate a Green. Starmer has shown he's a chronic policy liar 🤥

[@jimbob0i0]

If you really want to stop a Tory in your constituency though, it's important to look at the historical breakdown for it. Since voter reform was killed we still have to work within a FPTP framework... and that means a divided left wing vote effectively helps the Tory party... it is what they are counting on.

[@Kerem-wr5vp]

The last time the lib Dems got a significant vote share they made a coalition with the conservatives. In which the broke one of their biggest promises of not increasing student loans Hardly a party I'll see myself voting for again, not to mention they consistently seem to try and take an angle that will garner them votes rather than even standing for anything

[@jackdaniels71759]

Look on the bright side when his suit shrinks it will fit on the new Rishi Action Man 😂

[@plf5695]

Sunak told me that he has had enough and I don't blame him. With all his wealth he doesn't need all the aggros of British politics.

[@MsHarpsychord]

Another reason: Aliens are coming and he would be too stupid to talk to them

[@zerotree1310]

He wants a summer holiday, fair enough.

[@tomq6491]

I watched this video and not one mention of "you get the picture". Come on TLDR, you have a reputation to live up to!

[@J-Bahn]

Almost 40 years ago in New Zealand, Robert Muldoon tried to surprise the opposition when he was behind in the polls... (It backfired spectacularly). At least Sunak wasn't drunk.

[@LennyCole96]

0:29, Blaring, I love it, lol

[@JamesTower-ju8vr]

He wants a bit of space, a holiday and then to come out publicly as gay.

[@johndoe6011]

This is literally Britain at its best. Noone can pull up such a city-wide goofy turn of events while still keeping that weird goofy dignity.

[@TheSilentGreek]

As a greek who lives in the UK, Sunak gives off Karamanlis energy from 2009. Exit the stage before the shit hits the fan, like what happened then. Karamanlis did the election just before Greece had to go to the IMF, leaving Papandreou to deal with the political fallout.

[@alanfrost4661]

Security guards THATS ASSAULT

[@rageagainstmyhatchet]

He's over it, and he wants a summer holiday...

[@kaposipal]

8: he wants to push through his wartime economy and missile defense umbrella plans...

[@MCCamels]

Reason 8: He just wants a summer break (👍)

[@-xirx-]

Here's to another 14 years! Things will only get better