Britain's Prime Minister Sunak calls surprise general election | DW News

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a surprise election for the 4th of July - months earlier than expected. Sunak and his Conservatives are trailing badly in opinion polls, and most observers had expected him to delay the vote to give his party a chance to make up ground. But the prime minister said "now is the moment for Britain to choose its future."
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[@brooneil1632]

This is how you quit a job without saying I quit.

[@dustintacohands1107]

And if he wins?

[@apollo7807]

02:50 poor person in the background xD

[@pumpkincat3739]

Sunak is such an unserious joke...

[@hape3862]

It's a shame that the US and the UK have such messed up electoral systems. You urgently need more parties and more options. Best wishes from a German friend! 🇩🇪🤝🇬🇧

[@ulicadluga]

The UK needs "electoral reform". Sadly, the Labour Party will not allow that - nor will they allow Brexit to be reversed, and the UK to rejoin the EU. I cannot vote Labour for their "support" of Brexit. Only the Lib Dems are in favour of rejoining the EU (perhaps the Green Party?)

[@dustintacohands1107]

You’re president is like a fish on land he flips flops alot can seem to decide if he wants to fight Putler or be his best buddy

[@hape3862]

@@dustintacohands1107 Whose president? Germany has a president, but he is not allowed to make policy, we have a chancellor for that. And the United Kingdom has a prime minister. As for the German Chancellor, I can say that nobody is more against Putin than Olaf Scholz. But that doesn't automatically mean that he has to be Zelenskyy's best friend or that Germany suddenly no longer has any interests of its own. WE alone decide what we do or don't do, and neither Putin nor Zelenskyy nor Biden have any say in the matter. And certainly not a Mexican with taco sauce on his hands and a poor command of English.

[@denisgorjunov304]

German electoral system is no better. Look at your government, it's the worst since 1933.

[@Worldmisery]

@@hape3862 You might not know this if you haven't already looked at Britain's political system, Britain doesn't have the same Proportional Representation system that Germany does. this means that a party's number of voters does not decide how many seats they will get in the Parilament. You can look at the 1983 election to see an example of this: the SDP-LIberal Party got 25% of the vote, but they were only 3% of the seats. That's why our elections are so bad, and we can't change it.

[@sol2746]

Number 10 Drowning street.

[@evie1915]

Sunak wants the summer at home.

[@AndrewBlucher]

Oh dear. What a bunch of muddled messages. "I will prove to you" - shouldn't he have already proved it? "... will not put our hard earned economic stability at risk" - like Brexit? "... restore pride and confidence ..." - That Brexit destroyed and the Tories haven't restored? And it goes on ...

[@wigrammartialarts]

Exactly. Their record is terrible. 14 years in power an Britain is a shadow of its former self. it will never recover.

[@Worldmisery]

I'm saying this as a British person. I have looked at DW before and I am well impressed. I think DW can cover British politics better than almost any British news source I have seen. This is better than the BBC, The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, The Guardian or The Mirror. No joke, I find my country incredibly depressing.

[@HappyAirplaneWindow]

The outgoing Indian prime minister

[@Dekker95]

He must know this isn’t going to go well for him.

[@willfungusman8666]

And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

[@damonmhtan9490]

The weird one is the foreign minister....

[@sdaiwepm]

Makes sense - if his children will need to change to a different local school, he'd like that to happen over the summer break.

[@ThomazMartinez]

White dressed person just fell on the road in your video while you saying sunack getting back foot or something? is this perfect timing?

[@1632milos]

Enough of Tories

[@ponypong261]

An unelected failure seeks the impossible. Bye-bye to all the Conservative and Unionist National Treasures.

[@Anty2004]

I don't know how he can keep a straight face while he says this

[@anilpradhan4622]

government of each and every country talks and talks but do very little to its people but rather fund in wars

[@ssss8162]

He's Indian

[@ghostrider13bg]

I fear that the rule of Labour will be even worse.

[@happymelon7129]

😅Now it’s time for him to visit museums in London, and to identify which artifacts were "taken" from India, and try to ship it back to rightful owner before being remove.

[@kaposipal]

rishi's financial maneuvers...with 50 tanks...

[@teddymoon3744]

HE GOT BEAT BEFORE. AND HE WILL BEAT AGAIN. just a silly rich boy.

[@dustintacohands1107]

And if he wins?

[@johnhemryjson8673]

So he can lose😂😂😂😂

[@valamaas]

2:48 poor lady in the background has a face planting stack.

[@user-fn5lq6eu1q]

A good decision long over due,,,,,we pray British citizens vote wise, and get a good Pm who actually will rule as an independent country, but not as a American war vessel,or war conductor,,,,

[@labourlawact7826]

He's handsome 😊

[@amardave84]

Welcome PM Kier Starmer!

[@Sorinoir]

Isn't he a former Tory?

[@univeropa3363]

Labour comes in and won't change a single thing.

[@samwise6444]

PRATT

[@happymelon7129]

Is NOT ‘People are looking for a change’ . This is the Result of following U$ foreign policy too closely. you're seriously hurting your people.

[@Joshua-Samarita]

Wrong move.

[@renekuipers4563]

UK future dark the first 10 years i think.

[@rickh3714]

🌧 ☔ 👨‍💼 🙄

[@amunra5330]

Vote socialist!

[@XiWinnie69]

no, will vote more further right

[@mr.pangetako]

Sunak = Clown

[@soniyarathnayake18]

So the unelected dictator has some sense

[@subramanyabhat446]

He just wants a break from all the hate he's been getting

[@timloo6191]

John major 2.0. 1997 general election all over again

[@calmacyd]

EVERYONE go to 2:51 😂

[@mikehinson5935]

Is the Labor Party going to stand up to Russia and continue to help Ukraine???? As an American the world needs to know Trump will stop all aid in Ukraine and Taiwan. He is going to probably win unfortunately.🤮

[@mark63424able]

UK and US politics are quite different. Ukraine has cross-party support in the UK - its not seen as a left v right issue like it is in the US. Thats probably because the UK is european and feels much closer to the conflict. After Labour was defeated in the 2019 GE they shifted further towards the centre politically, and as a result their foreign policy is now pretty much on par with the Tories. This unfortunately also means Labour are officially Eurosceptic and reject the idea of a 2nd EU refurendum. Its wierd because both of the UKs main parties are Eurosceptic but when it comes to defence they are staunchly pro-NATO and pro-multilateralism which seems contradictory.

[@mikehinson5935]

What do you mean by eurosceptic??

[@mark63424able]

@@mikehinson5935 They both (officially) are against EU membership and against a 2nd EU refurendum, despite many polls suggesting the majority of Brits view Brexit as a mistake. Demographically, Euroscepticism skews older so at some point all the main parties will have to reconcile with the younger generation who by and large view Brexit as a huge mistake.

[@mikehinson5935]

@@mark63424able ok got it!!! Thanks for the reply.

[@anneoakleigh5133]

No politician or leader is your "saviour" only Jesus Christ our Lord. Dust off your Bibles and seek Him while there is time.

[@dm9078]

Calling that empty suit Starmer a leader😂😂😂

[@GladiatorDravenADC]

Yemen 🇾🇪 support Palestine 🇵🇸 UK 🇬🇧 support Israel 🏳️‍🌈 Salute to Yemen 🇾🇪 UK 🇬🇧 is always on the wrong side of history Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@ulicadluga]

Is that a "rainbow flag" in your comment?

[@NicolasHaufe]

Bot

[@pumpkincat3739]

Using a rainbow flag as an insult in 2024 makes me think you're no older than 13

[@mwang688]

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇬🇧

[@mwang688]

You don’t know anything about history. Don’t you?