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Nigel Farage has milkshake thrown over him after launching general election campaign (www.independent.co.uk)

Register to vote for the General Election (www.gov.uk)

I assume most people here already are registered but just in case: here’s the link.

Low general election turnout likely with ‘dull as dishwater’ Sunak and Starmer (www.theguardian.com)

Woman, 25, who threw milkshake at Nigel Farage unmasked as Labour-backing adult model (www.express.co.uk)

The woman who threw a milkshake over Nigel Farage is a Labour-supporting adult model, it can be revealed....

Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary (www.bbc.co.uk)

Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service (www.bbc.co.uk)

Anyone else considering spoiling their ballot in the next election?

Don’t get me wrong, I will probably cave at the last minute and vote SNP again for a number of reasons. Mostly, being supportive of a number of their progressive policies that I have benefited from over the years, and also because my constituency is a two horse race between them and the Tories who I will never vote for. Though...

BBC ignores Rejoin March as thousands descend on the capital (www.thelondoneconomic.com)

Liz Truss endorses Donald Trump to win US presidential election (www.bbc.com)

The kiss of death… I knoooow!

Pensioner caught on camera spraying graffiti on Margaret Thatcher statue (metro.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12878654...

Coogan and Vorderman back Liberal Democrats' electoral reform pledge (www.bbc.co.uk)

Actor Steve Coogan and presenter Carol Vorderman have backed Liberal Democrat pledges to reform how the UK’s general elections are run.

UK will rejoin EU in future, says Tony Blair (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Election Debate ITV 4 June 2024

Sunak Vs Starmer: The Argument in the Parliament....

‘Proportional representation will lead to better politics’, Labour conference told (leftfootforward.org)

The only justification for not doing this is protectionism. Starmer is placing party above country. We can see how damaging the Tories are. I do not want to see their likes again.

The public think everything has got worse under the Tories, a new poll has found (leftfootforward.org)

Tories heading for landslide election defeat, says Britain’s top pollster (www.independent.co.uk)

Exclusive: Sunak could be presiding over ‘wake’ at conference, warns Prof John Curtice – with voters furious over NHS failures, cost of living, migrants and Liz Truss

UK Conservatives lose two seats but hold on to Uxbridge (archive.is)

Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives on Friday suffered two crushing UK parliamentary by-election defeats but averted a “3-0” drubbing by unexpectedly holding on to Boris Johnson’s old Uxbridge seat....

Natalie Elphicke: Former Tory MP defects to Labour (www.bbc.co.uk)

Two councillors resign from Labour criticising its lurch to the right (morningstaronline.co.uk)

General election latest: Rishi Sunak to call election for 4 July - after 'long' discussion in No 10 (news.sky.com)

More Brits than ever say Brexit was wrong choice: YouGov survey (www.reuters.com)

57% of Britons said the decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was the wrong one, compared with 32% who thought it was correct....

Deportation flights to Rwanda will take off in 10 to 12 weeks, Rishi Sunak says (www.bbc.co.uk)

Tory MPs submitting letters of no confidence in Sunak (www.thelondoneconomic.com)

I would be amazed if this actually came to fruition. It would paralyze the country yet again while they play party politics. That would be four PMs all from one election result. Four sets of resignation honours lists. yet another round of all change in ministerial positions. What would a new face actually achieve with so little...

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