UK Election 2024: Everything you need to know about first week from Farage deal to latest polls
The Sun's Election Countdown with Harry ColeShow Notes
They say a week is a long time in politics - and during an election campaign it is that on steroids. Both Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have hurtled out of the traps to cram in dozens of events spanning all four corners of the United Kingdom. There have been countless stump speeches, gaffes, scandals and slip-ups already as the candidates vying to be Prime Minister make their opening pitches to voters. Our reporters have been alongside them to cut through the spin and give Sun readers a peek behind the curtain of what you don’t see on telly… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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THE Tory leadership election has roared into action before the PM has even resigned - with frontrunner Kemi Badenoch SAVAGED by a leading Boris Johnson ally. The polls are still yet to even open but former MP Nadine Dorries has already torn into Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch and said she would "continue the chaos" of Rishi Sunak. The business secretary is seen as a frontrunner to succeed Rishi Sunak if the Tories are wiped out at the ballot boxes tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AN ex-postmistress launched a blistering attack on bumbling Sir Ed Davey - demanding the Lib Dem leader quit over his 'whitewashing' of the Post Office scandal. Yvonne Tracey declared bumbling Sir Ed’s bungee jumping stunts were “trying to take the limelight away from the Post Office” because “he doesn’t want to be quizzed.” Sir Ed, 58, was postal affairs minister in the coalition government while dozens of postmasters were wrongly convicted of false accounting because of glitches in the dodgy Horizon computer system.
NIGEL Farage is rallying an army of “disaffected” voters, channelling their anger and frustration, a top Tory has claimed. Ex-minister Paul Scully admitted the upcoming election is a lost cause for his party and that “sensible heads” will be needed to pick up the pieces after July 4. He also laid into Rishi Sunak for not waiting until November to go to the polls, as he argued the decision played right into the hands of the Reform UK Leader. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ELDERLY US president Joe Biden is a "lame duck" after his disastrous debate performance – with officials scared he might die in office. The Democrat nominee, 81, turned in a nightmare performance in his first head-to-head showdown with Donald Trump overnight, with the stuttering commander-in-chief now facing calls to step aside. The Sun’s Political Editor Harry Cole revealed two weeks ago that Biden’s performances in meetings were the worst he’s been. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
LABOUR today doubled down on Sir Keir Starmer's call to deport more Bangladeshis, despite a furious backlash from party members. Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson insisted it was vital to have a "fair system that works for the British people". Sir Keir's comments on The Sun's Election Showdown sparked an explosive row after he singled out Bangladesh as somewhere not enough illegal migrants are sent back to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices