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PMQs: Sunak confirmed ‘there will be a general election in the second half of this year’.Source: Reuters
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The TelegraphFrance is on the brink of all-out civil conflict
As some 500,000 Left-wingers marched in France’s cities yesterday, shouting anti-Fascist slogans, never had Lenin’s phrase seemed more apposite: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
- The Independent
Voices: This is who won the latest election debate (and it’s not who you think)
For reasons entirely beyond her control, Mordaunt was the ‘weakest link’ in this novel ITV reality show, writes Sean O’Grady – but as for the rest of them, it was less who ‘won’ and more ‘who managed to avoid gaffes’
- Sky News
Fresh poll predicts Tories will win just 72 seats in next parliament
Two polls published today spell bad news for Rishi Sunak, with one showing a drop of four points and the other that his party is on course to pick up just 72 seats. A poll by Savanta for The Sunday Telegraph showed the Tories down four points to just 21% of the vote - the lowest by that pollster since the dying days of Theresa May's premiership in early 2019. In a boost for Nigel Farage, the poll showed Reform UK up three points with 13% of the vote.
- The Telegraph
Johnson joins election campaign by backing Tory MP who called for Sunak to quit
Boris Johnson has finally joined the election campaign trail – by publicly backing an MP who has called for Rishi Sunak to quit.
- Yahoo News UK
Nigel Farage clear winner of ITV debate, poll reveals
Yahoo readers say they think Nigel Farage was the clear winner of the election TV debate on Thursday night.
- The Independent
Labour calls for tactical voting to oust Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch could be a surprise Tory election casualty if Labour succeeds in a call for tactical voting
- HuffPost
GOP Senate Nominee Totally Craps On Donald Trump's Endorsement
The Republican candidate pushed back at the former president's support -- to Fox News, no less.
- Yahoo News UK
'Why I’m voting tactically in the general election'
Teacher John Boken, 43, is one of millions of registered voters who is preparing to cast his vote for a party that is not his top preference
- The Telegraph
Tories face ‘electoral extinction’ with support at lowest since Theresa May’s final days
The Conservatives have slumped to their lowest vote share since the final days of Theresa May’s premiership, fuelling warnings the party is approaching “electoral extinction”.
- The Telegraph
Mapped: How Nigel Farage is taking the Reform fight to Labour on the campaign trail
With just three weeks to go until election day on July 4, Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, appears to have written off the Conservatives.
- The Guardian
Tory leadership hopefuls ‘already lobbying’ to replace Sunak
Sources say contenders jostling for support amid fears of historic wipeout in election
- The Daily Beast
If Biden Steps Down, Who Comes Next for the Democrats?
According to New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, writing Thursday, Joe Biden has one option if he wants to secure a “courageous, honorable and transformative legacy” from his time as U.S. president: He should choose not to run for re-election in November.Just five months out from election day, Stephens, a “Never Trump” conservative, listed the dizzying challenges facing Biden at home and abroad as he runs to keep from the White House “a felonious adversary who three years ago incited violenc
- The Telegraph
There may only be one path left for Sunak to avoid total disaster
There are a few reasons why the academics and pollsters are counselling caution when reacting to YouGov’s poll placing Reform UK ahead of the Conservatives for the first time.
- The Independent
Labour and Nigel Farage accuse Tories of Rwanda ‘con’ over new voluntary flight
Exclusive: Plans are in place to fly two more migrants to Rwanda in the next week
- PA Media: UK News
Labour causing difficulties for SNP with ‘get rid of the Tories’ pitch – Curtice
The elections expert also said First Minister John Swinney is yet to spark ‘any significant sign of SNP progress’.
- The Telegraph
How a CIA ‘cover-up’ backfired on Joe Biden
Three weeks before the 2020 presidential election, a group of former CIA directors broke cover to make an extraordinary intervention in the race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
- Evening Standard
General Election London: Find out from interactive map who will be MP in battleground and high profile seats
Millions of voters across London will go to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard is looking at how seats could change hands across the capital
- CNN
Trump turns 78, a birthday he says he’d like to pretend ‘doesn’t exist’
In a rare speechless moment Sunday, Donald Trump stepped back from the microphone as his Las Vegas supporters spontaneously broke into a disjointed rendition of the world’s most recognizable song.
- HuffPost
Trump Rolled The Dice Taking His Hush Money Case To Trial And Lost. Now He Might Lose Again.
For decades, accused criminals who insist on a trial but then lose have generally received far harsher sentences than those who take a guilty plea.
- PA Media: UK News
Nigel Farage demands BBC leaders’ debate panel spot
The Reform UK leader suggested the BBC should feature him in the line-up after a landmark poll put his party ahead of the Conservatives.