Rishi Sunak's summer election gamble: why is he going for July 4?
by Jitendra Joshi
May 23, 2024
2 minutes
The last time the country went to the polls in July was in 1945, and that didn’t end well for the Conservatives.
Why is Rishi Sunak going for another general election in the dog days of summer?
It’s a bold bet when the Tories are so far behind in the polls - and when much of the country will be fixated on the Euro 2024.
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