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Today in Focus

Rishi Sunak’s big election gamble

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The prime minister has ended months of speculation by calling an election for 4 July. But why so soon? Jonathan Freedland reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:09.0

Today, Rishi Sunak has called a general election. But why now?

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1:07.0

Most people thought it wouldn't happen until autumn, but on Wednesday night, just after 5 PM,

1:16.0

Rishi Sunak emerged from the door of 10 Downing Street to finally set the date for the general election.

1:21.0

He's coming out.

1:24.0

Guardian columnist Jonathan Friedland was watching.

1:27.0

The optics of Rishi-Soon-X announcement could hardly have been worse.

1:33.2

In the last five years our country has fought through the most challenging time since the Second World War.

1:38.8

I mean he stood outside in the driving rain, he's suit getting visibly wetter and wetter as he fought

1:47.8

against the sound of somebody in the public playing things can only get better.

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