National elections will be held on July 14

British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak announced in a brief speech to the people outside the Prime Minister’s Office that the country will hold a national election on July 4 (July 14).

After a cabinet meeting at around 5.30pm London time on Wednesday 2 June, Mr Sonak reminded that the conservative government he leads is loyal to the priorities of the country and the people, including resolving the crisis, and that in about two years , with one month left until the election, he will fight for every vote.

The British Prime Minister accused the current government’s main opposition Labor Party of trying to seize power by any means possible. He added that neither he nor the British people knew exactly what Labor wanted and what its plans were.

Minutes after the British prime minister spoke, Labour leader Keir Starmer said at a hastily convened press conference that this set the date for a new election, a moment that the British people have been waiting for for a long time.

The Labor leader said the election was a historic opportunity to change the country’s status quo and secure a better future.

He stressed that the Labour Party is ready to fulfill its mission in all areas and “put national interests above the interests of the Labour Party in a new spirit of serving the society.”

Rumors of an election in July intensified after plans for key British government ministers changed around midday on Wednesday, including the foreign and defense ministers’ schedules to attend cabinet meetings.

Despite these speculations from members of the British Parliament, the Prime Minister’s Office has neither denied nor dismissed the rumors.

The Guardian’s political editor cited sources familiar with the matter as saying Rishi Sunak had announced that the election would be held on July 4.

The deputy political editor of the “ITV” television channel also reported on the election held that day, citing sources.

Hours before the reports were published, Mr Sonak reiterated his consistent rhetoric and said national elections would be held in the second half of this year.

“The election will be held in the second half of this year,” Sonak said as part of a speech to the British parliament in Chelsea.

According to the calendar, the second half of the year begins on July 1st, but usually follows the summer months, in October and November.

However, as the prime minister spoke, it was reported that British Foreign Secretary David Cameron had returned to London earlier than planned from a trip to Albania, and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps had also left his office. A trip abroad to attend an emergency cabinet meeting in the evening had been postponed until Wednesday.

The changes to ministers’ work schedules have heightened speculation about the possibility of early elections in October or November.

Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party currently lags far behind the government’s main opposition Labor Party in opinion polls.

Despite a fall in inflation and an increase in the national military budget in recent months, Britain’s Conservative government has failed to chip away at Labour’s overwhelming lead in opinion polls.

Since late 2021, even before Rishi Sunak became prime minister in October of that year, Britain’s Labor Party has led the Conservatives by about 20 percentage points in all opinion polls.