Sunak shocked and angered many in his party when he gambled by calling a July 4 election
LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Labour Party rival Keir Starmer kicked off their election campaigns on Thursday, each arguing that only they can snap the country out of its economic and political malaise.
"Even though there's more work to do and I know it will take time for you to see the benefits, the plan is working," Sunak told voters at an event with workers in central England. He did receive one boost, however, when Nigel Farage, a former Brexit campaigner, said he would not seek election for Reform, likely blunting the appeal of the right-wing party and reducing its ability to eat into the Conservative's voter base.
Coffee shop worker Kitty McMurray, on her way to work, said the country needed an election because it felt like everything was falling apart. "Bring it on," the 29-year-old said. Starmer is the country's former chief prosecutor who has pulled Labour's politics back to the centre ground after it lurched to the left under his predecessor.
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