Rishi Sunak will call general election this summer | Adam Boulton

“I’m not sure the Conservative Party can stagger on for much longer.”
Rishi Sunak will call an election this June or July, Adam Boulton predicts.
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[@MrGavinBoyd]

19% would still vote Conservative. What is wrong with these people? 🤷‍♀

[@matthewhackett1710]

They, the Tory voter, want to pay over a £MILLION PER PERSON for a one-way ticket to Rwanda, for young men who could work a lifetime for the UK, paying more in taxes than the standard Brit.. They want to pay for all their healthcare costs as they age, They love to be lied to by spivs and creeps. Bet Sunak wishes he could get the voters to all vote as they would have on the day he came to power.

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Even Tory MPs have families and friends:)

[@jamiesmith27]

called corruption

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

They've seen a Labour government before, that's why.

[@odogg686]

@@user-yb9ww6lv7j13 years of almost uninterrupted economic growth. No Brexit, no Truss. I’ll take that.

[@jasoncooper9391]

Get Rid of the Tories

[@Mizzkan]

Yes but nothing that replaces them will make your life any better.

[@lindacurrie8817]

​​@@MizzkanIt may not given the mess the Tories have done to the UK. It is going to be extremely difficult to correct. However to vote for the Tories given that the UK is on its knees, broken and nothing is working would be a vote to allow those vile people to bring the UK down to crawl....Huge NO.. Tories you are right have hugely increased for the better their own life but not for the majority citizens of the UK. Why vote Tories when the latter is the case? Vote for more of the same that has to be a huge no....OUT with them.

[@malcky630]

@@lindacurrie8817 It is still not as busted as when Labour had control

[@HappyAwesomePower]

@@malcky630Genuinely delusional that mate

[@Mizzkan]

@@lindacurrie8817 Look, Labour and Conservatives are one and the same party. They both think the same and Labour will continue the same policies as Conservative. To think otherwise is fantasy and I don’t live in that world.

[@tuisitala9068]

People hate everything about the Tories. We need a government that invests in the country, not on themselves or their friends. It is not hard to decide who to vote for.

[@markmanc-zw3td]

I feel a real anger with people this time , similar to 97 when Blair swept in 😮

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

Is it any worse than making the public sector bloated and inefficient though. By all means invest in the country but Labour won't do that.

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

@@markmanc-zw3td Yeah, I was angry when Blair swept in as well.

[@markmanc-zw3td]

@@user-yb9ww6lv7j 😄

[@blink182joel]

@@user-yb9ww6lv7j How was public sector inefficient, when compared to where we are now? The difference is, that literally £Billions of tax payer money has been syphoned to the rich and few.

[@tayplaysgaymes]

Excited for the day when Tories hold ZERO SEATS! 🙌

[@piccalillipit9211]

[@paulmatley8818]

What do you think is wrong with the UK and what do you think the next governments should and could do to improve the UK?

[@archvaldor]

Do you people not understand that replacing the tories with another party with the same policies will make no difference? It is like you are cheering for a football team or something.How do you think this is going to play out?

[@jmmypaddy]

@@paulmatley8818They could move newspapers and social media into regulatory hands of OFCOM, to ensure lobby groups don't use media as a tool to do disinformation. They could rebuild public transport in lower income regions to compete with London, as well raise national minimum wage to equal London, so all areas are more advantagous. They could do their own Green New Deal, turning us away from entirely service based and into consistent work. They could tax online retailers higher and fix loopholes in tax. They could cut down private landlording, so lower income people have pathways to buying a house. The could demand 15 minute cities from newly de-evolved regions, to try and create regional prosprity, where people not at the mercy of petrol prices, but have access services close to them.

[@jeanlockley2911]

​@@archvaldorAt last someone with commonsense!and foresight!

[@Magnasword2]

No tories in power EVER AGAIN.

[@user-dk6pl9lj3e]

"Hi, I'm Starmer..."

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

Four years of Starmer and you'll be saying the same about Labour.

[@philstabler6650]

@@user-yb9ww6lv7jbum

[@rayc9539]

​@user-yb9ww6lv7j Starmer is the issue. He is inconsistent and lacks a clear vision. He says many things to appease the red wall voters, too. He is uninspiring in a time when we need radical change.

[@TimComley]

Put a sock in it

[@daviddunmore7076]

I'm retired but the Tories have lost my vote for ever.

[@rogermoore5761]

And me I am voting Reform UK the next time.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@mattwright2964]

​@@rogermoore5761 I won't be voting for Reform, even more Tory than the Tories, all the same bonkers attributes and ideology.

[@rogermoore5761]

@@mattwright2964 You choice who you vote for.

[@bhobbs4116]

@@rogermoore5761 I don't trust him either.

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Irrelevant

[@rogermoore5761]

A general Election next week would be even better!

[@paulmatley8818]

Why? Who you going to vote for that will change anything for the better? The only thing that will change is the rate at which things are getting worse. And that will be an increase!

[@Rk20.]

I'm voting Labour, cannot wait!

[@paulmatley8818]

@@Rk20. OK, serious question... How will Labour improve YOUR life? Bare in mind that Sunak and Starmer share a bunk at Davos and neither is comfortable with democracy.

[@rustynail1194]

​@@paulmatley8818 sounds like Brexshit all over again. Tell me how Brexshit WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER? At this point people are so p*ssed off with the tories that they don't really care, they just want the corrupt, useless lot gone.

[@vongoethe111]

@@paulmatley8818 so what's your answer?

[@danshaw3239]

Long overdue awful tories

[@johnfellows689]

Yes indeed

[@nelch]

Tories dont have a future

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

That's what they said about Labour a few years ago. A new leader and a new direction and they'll be back.

[@screamboy8]

@@user-yb9ww6lv7j I've been following all your comments... nobody agrees with you .. please 🤫

[@lindacurrie8817]

​@@user-yb9ww6lv7jDoubt it. Citizens must never forgive or forget. Nothing quite like seeing through one's own eyes the devastating 15 years of Tories. And a new generation has. You bet they have Tories out for a generation and the citizens must make sure they do that.

[@adammason4454]

​@@user-yb9ww6lv7jA new leader like braverman?

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

@@lindacurrie8817 A few years of Labour and they'll be thinking differently.

[@dominicfisher3139]

70 myself, never ever Conservative

[@monktontrimble763]

Wogz must go

[@dawnlynch6300]

Need a general election now

[@intervention.07]

How dare you not understand why! The tories have destroyed my life! All that potential, i could have given soo much to our species!! But, no, thanks to the tories I've spent every second of my life just trying to survive. That would be bad enough, but they've inflicted the same pointless spite on my kids. It didn't have to be this way, and that's the worst thing, they CHOSE this!! tories out.. forever

[@themonthehill305]

I couldn’t agree more, 10 years ago my life was comfortable and going somewhere, now I’m just paddling as fast as I can to avoid being washed away. These ARE NOT conservatives, they’re a bunch of crass, asset-stripping vandals.

[@user-yb9ww6lv7j]

Life is what you make it yourself, only a loser would blame a political party for their woes.

[@johnfellows689]

Oh dear! So much truth in that and I can feel the frustration in decades of hpelesness . It has to be reform at the very least. Shakespeare country UK

[@johnfellows689]

@@user-yb9ww6lv7jwell that depends how much truth is in the words. And I think he hits the nail on the head. I lived through the 60s to this day and those years were wasted by Tory and Labour. By the grace of god I ended up doing well!shakespeare country UK

[@jamesprivet]

@@user-yb9ww6lv7j only a loser could not see that the government is Tory and that the Tory party always and everywhere put the needs of the Party BEFORE that of thr COUNTRY.

[@bradw8102]

Labour's poll lead is so high, Gove asked for their dealer's no.

[@adblocker276]

lol

[@alistairrobinson3865]

😂”right boys” ✋

[@PoppiesAndPride]

WHO WOULD VOTE LIEBOUR

[@johnmartin7158]

@@PoppiesAndPride. I shall be and the majority on UK people.

[@screamboy8]

@@PoppiesAndPride me

[@paramotorhead6623]

The only benefit of Brexit is the Tories being in an electoral wilderness for the rest of my days on this planet and nothing less than they deserve. I’m looking forward to their humiliation at the polls in the local and general elections.

[@michaelwilliams3232]

Oh wait...rubs crystal ball. I see street parties, streamers and balloons, dancing in the fountain in Trafalgar Square.

[@johnfellows689]

Brexit was the very great effort of farage and he was right”the EU is a gang of thieves who took us for a ride. All these problems we had now have are a result of the eu trying to spoil our leaving their little gang of bully boys. They never liked the fact we left them to dissolve . Since 19 45 they still fight among themselves. Italy and France are fed up “ Poland wants out and look at what two penny Mayer tried to do? Sending police to break up a conference! Sneaky little buggers!shakespeare countryUK

[@jhonson7079]

Ricky needs just a little more time to sell the country off and give more contracts to India and bring in cheap labour to undercut the British workforce he has a plan

[@jeanlockley2911]

And Labour will finish the job,whan they get in!vote Reform!

[@jhonson7079]

@@jeanlockley2911 reform are the same Tories that got us in the s*** in the first place 30p Lee

[@ronstriebig2749]

Please turn the lights off and never darken our doors again

[@danmorley6517]

Pretty pointless saying they will call it within months. They have no choice.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Within the next 6 months as Sunak said many times.

[@johnfellows689]

Well ! It could be ‘

[@aliceosborne3866]

General Election NOW!!! The country is SCREAMING OUT for it!!!!! COME ON!!!!!!! Will of the people!!!!

[@sasserine]

Polls narrowing isn't guaranteed. The reason it happened in previous years, is that the incumbent party (who'd weathered attacks from an opposition with time on their hands) fired up their pre-election spin machine, and countered those criticisms, in the final weeks. That isn't working this year. The damage caused by the Tories, and specifically their current ascendant faction, is too visible. They can't scare the public with the usual lies about Labour. Anyone who remembers the period 1997-2010 knows we had lower taxes, and working public services. Since 2010, we've paid the highest tax burden in history, and got NOTHING to show for it. These polls will not narrow much, if at all.

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

Well said.

[@alexfc9966]

And you really think the tax burden will come down under Labour? wake up!

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

@@alexfc9966 Only those who should be paying their proper amount. multi millionaires and billionaires. They should not be paying less tax than medium earner. Unless you still think trickle down economics still works? It never has, never will!

[@sasserine]

​@@alexfc9966 Labour have always managed the economy better than the Tories, providing better services, at less cost.

[@alexsmart3365]

Bye bye Roland Rat your time is up

[@rjl1184]

I wouldn't rule out the possibility that on Friday May 3 (after a disastrous local election), Sunak goes to meet with the King and ask for dissolution of parliament, and a general election to be held on either June 13 or June 20.

[@Bluelady777]

I can only wish 🤞

[@ythomitnellum]

The reasons I don’t think he’ll go so early are practical (and yes, the professionals running campaigns etc are still practical) will be mindful of giving Returning Officers a chance to recalibrate, but also the risk of disrupting exams by closing schools as they’re needed as a polling station.

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@ythomitnellum well we had June elections in 83, 87, 01 and 17

[@ythomitnellum]

@@gerardmackay8909 Yes but not at barely a month’s notice, and I’ve long held the view that he’ll go somewhere between 27 June and 11 July. Off the top of my head 13 June isn’t possible as you have to have 25 working days between Dissolution & the election, which pushes him to 21 June at the earliest.

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@ythomitnellum yes that’s plausible but if he can’t face a GE campaign (even he must know he’s not a communicator) he could resign and we’d get yet another new leader teleported in. If that happens they will carry on grimly until January.

[@blackdogbarking]

Rishi hasn't got trade deal with India for his in laws yet

[@GG-hu9dn]

If he does get it, it should be retracted by labour - as soon as in office? All these dodgy deals should be knull and voided?!

[@blackdogbarking]

@@GG-hu9dn Lets hope something can be done about brexit too.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

@@blackdogbarking A referendum on rejoining perhaps ?????????

[@jeanlockley2911]

​@@jjefferyworboys8138Definitely not!the only thing we need to do about Brexit is to get it done properly!

[@michaelellis7326]

Quite right !

[@aliceosborne3866]

Seriously?! We are now calling “young people” under 70?!!

[@NickRothman1980]

Give me an unenthusiastic Labour government over a destructive Tory government any day.

[@bothi00]

Labour have committed to the cuts implemented by the tories. They will also be destructive; just marginally less so

[@NickRothman1980]

@@bothi00 If that's the case, that they will be just marginally less destructive, then that's progress!

[@chriselliott726]

​@@bothi00 I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Just keep the faith.

[@robc7162]

@@bothi00 only because they have been backed into a corner by the Tories wasteful spending these last years. Give it time and the decisions on where money goes will change. i.e. to public services, not tax cuts or Tory donors pockets.

[@bothi00]

@@chriselliott726 no. Starmer has broken literally all his leadership election pledges, and has uturned on all his major policies, including the 2 child cap benefit, tuition fees, climate change, wealth tax, renationalisation, etc. And his backing of unequivocal war crimes was the final straw. Zero faith. An absolute disgrace of a so-called alternative. Literally, on what basis should I have faith? What do I or anyone have to go off of?

[@kevinlofting1104]

With the freeze in allowances and a record number of Pensioners now paying tax the Conservatives will lose their older supporters also!

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Thats why remaining in power until after an Autumn statement with tax cuts that favour pensioners is the plan.

[@deadandburied7626]

Blame Hunt. He could have helped everyone, not just the working population.

[@deadandburied7626]

@@jjefferyworboys8138it will be too little too late.

[@jamiesmith27]

needs to do it tomorrow

[@joannelewis3390]

I can't wait

[@simonbird8093]

It's hardly a suprise. Just look at the state of the country. By virtually every metric the Tories have failed - more poverty (including child and in work poverty); increase in homelessness; destitution on the rise; literally crumbling schools and hospitals; NHS on it's knees; massive drop in average living standards; reduced civil rights. Plus all the scandals, all the lies and the utter abandonment of the concept of responsibility and accountability in public office. Honestly whether you're left wing, right wing or somewhere in the middle, how on earth could anyone contemplate voting for the Tories?

[@jeanlockley2911]

Or Labour!

[@simonbird8093]

@@jeanlockley2911 But Labour aren't the ones who have put us in this mess though are they?

[@user-yw4qc6lv5k]

Very well said that is just how it is , one thing I’d like to put to that , uncontrolled immigration, unfortunately this is the one of the contributing factors of what you have quite rightly pointed out, 👍👍👍

[@Dragonaut111]

You forgot Truss tanking the pound and the weasel Hancock's messsages on Whatsapp about how to go about controlling the public with introducing new variants.

[@jeanlockley2911]

​@@simonbird8093Labour have went along with the Tories!every step of the way!zero opposition!

[@stephennoble]

Sunak will call his own downfall.🤔

[@mr_incognito9305]

his downfall is certain. He can either jump or be pushed

[@stevec6232]

He'll call it after May elections. So June it is...

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Holiday season has begun, so October looks favourite.

[@piccalillipit9211]

*YOU WONDER WHY?* Literally NO ONE wonders why? the only wondering is how its as high as 19%

[@jeanlockley2911]

No I'm wondering how Labour is so high in the polls!oh I forgot!its because the Tories are absolutely diabolical!

[@cobbler40]

The worse imaginable result for the Tories would be to win. They would have to deal with the mess they created rather than just leaving it for labor.

[@johnfellows689]

Tories can’t and Labour won’t! It will be hard for reform but at least they have the will to try . I think we can be sure of that . Been following farage for years .his whole direction has been for change. It hardly matters where he directs , it’s the same pattern of success. He is the right age too. Sunak is a boy of little experience and starmer is as usual for Labour communist ideology ,plus”with Galloway breathing down his neck along with all those aliens that follow?what chance of change? We saw aggression in Rochdale and that is not how the British do politics . Shakespeare country UK. Where the grass is greener and the sun is shining🤪

[@joevesayaporn]

They have had 14 years and everything is worse. Time to go. If thier average age of voter is now 70yrs then they will be gone by the section after next

[@nickbarton3191]

Most of those who are now 70 will be eligible to vote twice more. With an aging population and FPTP, I'm afraid the era of the Tory party isn't yet over.

[@frasermcneill7516]

Sunak reminds me of a spider desperately trying to climb up the side of the bath, seeing the water swirling round the plug hole beneath.

[@davidpearn2484]

If i was 170 i would never vote tory

[@thelastoftheanglosaxons.3724]

I just can't wait to see how many Tory MPs will be looking for work after the next election. Good luck claiming universal credit 😅

[@lorraine7960]

Oh, I am sure Daddy or Uncle Bill will find them something. It won't come to that for most of these types - too many connections.

[@peterfox2538]

The sooner the better let's get someone in who cares about this country and the people instead of their greedy corrupt selves.

[@jeanlockley2911]

Yes let's vote Reform!

[@PeIeus]

yeah somehow a labour premiership would do no difference. Whoever wins this there's going to be huge problems in the years coming

[@michaelellis7326]

REFORM is the ONLY option !!

[@themajesticmagnificent386]

Voting Tory is like voting for more damage..Get the Tories out..

[@TimComley]

Spouting off no argument

[@cobbler40]

The longer he waits the worse it will be for the Tories. As brexit bites the economy will get a lot worse. Can’t keep all the plates spinning.

[@dannygriffiths7952]

He will have to call a General Election after the local Elections because the defeat will be so bad.

[@johnfellows689]

I have considered what affect farrrr right would have if it gained momentum ? I don’t think it would be quite a bad as some make out. I’m sure being in actual power would naturally moderate its mild extreme and become a middle of the road force. This country has gone so far lefty we need that extra push to even get back to where we were 40 years ago. The fact is” all we are asking for is law enforcement to do what the law says it should and less pandering to alien religions. So far reform fits the bill. Anderson has a bit of that grrrrrunt we need. Shakespeare countryUK

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

He doesn't have to do anything.

[@dannygriffiths7952]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 He does the Country is crying out for change. There has to be a General Election before/in Summer.

[@peaceLove1988]

🙏 Sick of these over entitled swindlers.

[@rogermoore5761]

@@johnfellows689 I am voting Reform UK John as the other two are too close in their thinking for me.

[@gjingodjango]

The Tories are finished forever.

[@markhayward7400]

The only policy or thought that offers the Tories any electoral hope is "something might turn up". I think the Tories will leave it as long as possible before calling a General Election.

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

The danger in that is the 'something' could well be a Tory something !

[@monged4life442]

Yep, EVEN pointing out that Angela Rayner sold a house once hasn't got them anywhere. What more can they do?

[@richardruff8712]

Legally, the GE has to be by Monday 28th January 2025.... As elections are always held on Thursdays, then the last realistic date would be Thursday 24th January 2025... But I think it will be on the last Thursday, before the clocks go back, on Thursday 24th October 2024... ( Prof. John Curtis also said this... )

[@jeanlockley2911]

​@@monged4life442Yes but if was a Reform candidate!you would be jumping on hit!because it's a Labour MP!your answer is!nothing to see here!the word for it is,hypocrisy!

[@strikeforcealpha9343]

Called it.

[@SuperSupermanX1999]

The reason I find this "there's no love for Labour" line iritating, beyond the fact that it's blatent cope, is because...was there really "love" for anyone who's won an election recently? In 2010 Cameron didn't win, he had to form a coalition and Labour very much lost, in 2015 the Tories scraped a tiny majority off the back of Lib Dem collapse and Labour losing Scotland rather than passionate love for their platform, in 2017 the only candidate whose supporters "loved" them was Corbyn and he still lost, and then in 2019 people seemed to dislike basically everyone but hey at least Boris promised to get Brexit over with so we'll hold our nose. I do think the only times a party people "love" has done super well recently have been Labour in 2001 and the SNP in 2015. This idea that it's a problem for Labour that people aren't in love with them is for the faries. We don't have to love Labour, we just have to think they'll do while REALLY hating the alternative.

[@thetragicyouth]

They're talking about polling feedback, not literal (or even metaphorical) 'love'.

[@SuperSupermanX1999]

@@thetragicyouth I'm using the word "love" because that's what is used in the video, but it can very much be interpreted to just mean "enthusiasm".

[@michaelellis7326]

REFORM for me every time !

[@johnfellows689]

The state that Britain is in today is quite differant. It’s now a matter of life or death. Galloway and his Muslim brothers? Breathing down the neck of starmer? That’s Labour out” Sunak like acwimpering child that him out. Farage has the will for change and the voice to make them” so reform is what you got. Fail in that and say good by to Britain as you remember it in the 60s or 70s. Surely these protests have opened your eyes! This country is going down .god help us if we ever have a war with so many enemies on our streets. And Galloway batting for the enemy. Shakespeare country UK

[@johnfellows689]

Well! That’s a bit whimsical innit? How on earth do you conclude that Labour could possibly make the changes needed today? 6 million aliens and half are the enemies of your country .a third we don’t even know about or where they came from. I don’t think Labour have a clue on that problem. Sunak a whimpering child? So reform is your bet. If you want your kids to have a decent future that is”. The country”your country has gone too far down for the old systum to make the changes we now need. It’s reform or bye bye baby” Shakespeare countryaUK

[@MarioKapalka]

The UK needs proportional representation because present political extremist polarization is unhealthy The Conservatives have economically damaged the country -perhaps fatally - with 2.5 Trillion Debt to a GDP ratio. I particularly dislike the way raising all peoples mortgages and rents through rising interest rates is used as a form of INDIRECT AND COERCIVE REGRESSIVE TAXATION! After May Council results there will be a TSUNAMI of letters to remove RISHI as a PM and leader.

[@gabrielahatter1987]

About time to get them out

[@robc7162]

Fed up of hearing there's no love for Labour. Sounds like cope to me. Clearly the polls show otherwise and I for one am enthusiastic for Labour and am happy to say it.

[@johnfellows689]

Labour is dead horse. Ever since that ridiculous corbyn was leader and every time we see the face of his ex sidekick it gets worse. Please don’t waste your vote reform is all we have for a better life. Shakespeare country U K

[@robc7162]

@@johnfellows689 Reform can't even get enough credible candidates together let alone form a government. Its your vote for Reform that will be wasted, that's if there's even a Reform candidate in your constituency come the GE.

[@kevinjohnson3782]

Me too!

[@thetragicyouth]

"Clearly the polls show otherwise" - no, the polls do not show love for Labour - all the secondary questions in the polls show no enthusiasm for Labour whatsoever. Labour are only so far ahead by virtue of the Tory collapse. Starmer's approval ratings remain stubbornly negative, the vast majority of people polled consistently say they "do not know what Labour stands for", and when "Neither of the above" is included in options for answers to the question "Who would make the best PM/Who would you like to see as PM?", Sunak and Starmer are totally bested by a landslide of respondents preferring "Neither of the above".

[@thedewberry_6399]

Same here, can't wait for a Labour government that actually makes sensible decisions rather than puts party & donors before country!

[@Baschn66]

They will cling on as long as possible hoping that something miraculously will improve while they keep damaging the damage.

[@Dragonaut111]

Call it now! Nobody wants Sunak or the Conservatives.

[@user-un9wj6jg1x]

TORIES OUT NOW NOW NOW !!!

[@SuperRobertballard]

If you think things are bad now.....cue Bachman Turner Overdrive.

[@gio-oz8gf]

Double figures rather than three figures based on what, exactly, Mr Boulton? And before you say it, a feeling in your bones doesn't count.

[@michaelwilliams3232]

Adam Boulton has feelings?

[@VesiustheBoneCruncher]

If you plug these numbers into electoral calculus, without accounting for tactical voting, which is going to be larger than ever this time round, very quickly you will see that currently the Tories are in a tooth and nail fight to be the official opposition. Will they get there? Probably. But right now, the prediction is they are in third place in terms of seats.

[@robc7162]

And the longer Sunak leaves it, the more organised the tactical voting groups will get.

[@kevinjohnson3782]

I hope so. Counting the days.😊

[@johnfellows689]

I Labour get in this country is doomed for good. No coming back ! Can any one imagine? Sharia law ? No dogs on the street? Praying in every park and public space. Sunday pop music to allay? It’s ok for me”I got 10 years left, but what about the kids and their offspring? It’s already unbearable so what after 4 years of labour? Does any on this thread have any information on euthanasia? 🤣🤡🤡🤡 Shakespeare country Uk. It’s super out here ! Not a Muslim in sight!😂

[@politics392]

GET THE TORIES OUT

[@JustinTimeEnglishClip]

The Tories really need to get out of the way. Let some creative people do something!

[@jonescrusher1]

Music to my ears.

[@joannelewis3390]

Bye bye

[@aileenspence3080]

Should be within weeks

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

True, @ 30 weeks.

[@roddychristodoulou9111]

It may well be the case that this is the last Tory government we ever see . This is because of demographics which means that the younger voters tend to be more progressive . So as the older Tory voters pass on the pool of Tory voters gets smaller and smaller .

[@mp71001]

We can but dream

[@renmanincltd9965]

Where is Mystic Meg when you need her ... lol 😂

[@markeh1971]

Saying “weak on crime, economy in recession and war on our doorstep” so who voted for the dynamic duo? Oh yeh we didn’t and you wonder why the poling is in the sewer. Take care M

[@Boghopper1979]

Didn't Mystic Meg die a few years ago?

[@M-rp3gq]

TORIES OUT OUT OUT OUT FOREVER

[@garryleslie1256]

Take home both labor and conservatives. Outdated colonial poster parties of imperialism and old mindsets

[@TonyRobertson6]

the grim reaper is coming

[@seantaylor9758]

I've seen a few Labour governments before and voted for them for a few times. Don't expect milk and honey from any of them!

[@nicks4934]

2010? You have a short memory

[@Martin-jk6pc]

The tories are on life support and the prognosis is bad. They have no voice in U.K. politics anymore

[@Esta-Beed]

Tories OUT

[@Jl200]

Interesting that voters think Labour would be better on defence. Their policies on defence and foreign affairs are literally identical to the Tories.

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

There is No difference between the two since Bliar.

[@kevinmole9982]

why would he is gonna be toast and his party decimated

[@Bobbydyland]

I would love for the Tories to fall so far that the official opposition is the Lib Dems. Lets get out there and make it happen folks!

[@lorraine7960]

Yes, I would love that too.

[@jeanlockley2911]

Well seeing as the Reform party is polling higher,than n the Lib-dems!how do you work that one out!?

[@Bobbydyland]

@@jeanlockley2911 Because Reform doesn't have enough concentration in each seat. Even at 16% (the best they've polled) they're forecast to get zero seats. Because all the do is split right wing votees in each seat.

[@donjesson7160]

Yes in the summer when he knows alot of people will be on holiday.

[@jennyellen2606]

You know people who can afford a holiday. Wow.

[@mrchekaman1917]

Many of those on holiday will be Tory supporters, hardly a help for him if they are abroad.

[@donjesson7160]

@@jennyellen2606 we go on 5 a year because I was careful with my money while working .

[@richardruff8712]

I think Sunak will delay calling the GE, until after the completion of the Free Trade Agreement with India... Which is not expected to be completed until Autumn 2024... My bet is the GE will be the last Thursday, before the clocks go back, on Thursday 24th Oct. 2024...

[@stephenhill545]

He'll want to suppress the student vote, autumn, agree.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Late October, I agree and after a tax cutting Autumn statement appealing to his core voters.

[@richardruff8712]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 Yes, I even suspect that, even if they offer a bribe of £1000 to everyone, to vote Tory.... They will still get their Armageddon !

[@user-qb9xw1pg7l]

Bring it on!!

[@robc7162]

The sooner Sunak goes to the country the better it will be for him since Reform still don't have enough candidates to field at a GE.

[@TheVicar]

They could field a candidate in every seat and still not win one of them

[@jeanlockley2911]

So you are worried about Reform then!GOOD!just shows people are taking notice of them!come on Reform!

[@jeanlockley2911]

​@@TheVicarYe says you!

[@TheVicar]

@@jeanlockley2911 How much do you want to bet that Reform end up losing their only seat at the election and end up with zero seats?

[@IanScout1]

Sod summer NOW PLEASE

[@sol2746]

Hope so,Tories out forever.

[@stephenhill545]

We thought that in 97, but in 2010 the people voted for austerity, and the road to leaving Europe when the Tories pretended to be green and caring.

[@sol2746]

The tories know it's terminal now.

[@robertfrancis7767]

Thank God for John Pinar and man with both a memory, and knowledge and some common sense. Sunak just simply cannot ask the Monarch to go against the will of the Parliamentary Majority and Cabinet simply because Sunak in a fit of pique has a challenge to face so opts to run away and destroy the party electorially if he is just simply challenged. Thatcher got a no to that option and so will Sunak. Adam Boulton's idea sounds absurd. At 19% they are the lowest on record and below a 100 seats on paper. The Prime Minister role is not that of Primus inter Lemmus Lemmus, First amongst Lemmings.

[@nickbarton3191]

Lemmings have more sense, they don't commit suicide en-masse.

[@MedievalFolkDance]

Sunak will resign on May 3rd/4th after he see's the results of the locals. The landslide loss will be an inescapable reality and as such, Sunak will escape.

[@lorraine7960]

Please - I can barely stand the hope.

[@user-ov3iw6kd6j]

When this election wil conduct?

[@carlishiggins]

Labour gradually turns tory too, vote wealth redistribute

[@philipmolyneux3676]

Get rid of this tired hideous government.

[@grahamvincer]

If the Lib Dems and the Greens combined forces, they'd have 18%, so basically the same as the Conservatives might have. Good move? Might be nice to have an alternative Party to Labour that isn't Reform or Tory.

[@jeanlockley2911]

The Lib-dems sold out too the Tories!and let they're voters down!why is Reform not an option!??

[@user-po2qb6cm9q]

Good. Bring it on. It'll make 1997 look like a win for them.

[@nickedwards212]

Rishi it just doesn't matter what you do now It ain't gonna make any difference.(YOU ARE FINISHED) And a bloody good job too.

[@jackgray1512]

Time to take Sick Note Sunak out!!!!!

[@jimweights8908]

Why would they do that? Surely you would hold on until rate cuts and economic improvements (or hope for them)

[@Cherrytune386]

HALLELUJAH!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@andrewcottle2899]

They ve blown an 80 seat majority.

[@glassmuxxic]

Zero seats.

[@xavierhucklenbruch1798]

DER UNTERGANG !!!

[@annabellmccart269]

Time to get them out now 😡😡😡😡

[@williamgeorgefraser]

What is the point of the Tories having another party leader election if they aren't sure if the leader will get voted back in at the general election? It all seems a bit pointless. If enough letters go in to create a challenge then an election needs to be called.

[@danielbanbury378]

The rationale would be could another candidate do better then Rishi. I think most Tory MP's are aware a loss is coming no matter who is at the head of the party and that their constant infighting has made things worse for them. But if you look at it from their point of view the polls haven't got better at all, they've been predicted a crushing defeat for many, many months and so there will be Tory MP's willing to risk a chaotic leadership challenge if only to make their loss less humiliating.

[@J_Bone1888]

Before the summer…June or July

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Not soon enough, JUST GO!!!!

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Did we not know this already?

[@nigeljacklin2356]

I am one of a number of Independent candidates who will be standing in the general election...we're ready.

[@LeftLib]

I find it hard to imagine the Tories will go to the country this summer. When they call the election they need to have a positive story to tell. They need to act as though they are going to win. They are unlikely to look like that if the local election results are bad, which they probably will be. I think Sunak will have no choice but to wait until the autumn and hope something turns up. It may be that the Tories will change their leader. If by having a general election is a way of heading that off, that will look shambolic for the Tories as well.

[@ProfessorPesca]

Maybe one day, if I try extremely hard, I will be 50% as powerfully masculine as John Pienaar. What a specimen .

[@alexselby349]

He won't call it until the autumn...

[@nicks4934]

7% wow!!

[@tonybroadley]

How do we get rid of these 2 corrupt parties 🤔🤬

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Not one vote for either Labour or the toffs.

[@Volcano-Man]

And he has told you this? Of course he has!

[@iainawatson]

Pretty bold move to bet on Sunak not being a coward.