What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from more betting slips to the last debate
The U.K. general election on July 4 is just days away now no doubt to the relief of the party leaders who have crisscrossed the country in a grueling month of campaigning
LONDON — The U.K. general election on July 4 is just days away now, no doubt to the relief of the party leaders who have crisscrossed the country in a grueling month of campaigning.
This campaign doesn't seem to have shifted the political dial much, if at all, with the left-of-center Labour Party still the clear favorite to defeat the Conservatives of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and return to power for the first time in 14 years.
If the polls are broadly accurate — and even the Tories have acknowledged their likely defeat — then Labour leader Keir Starmer will at some point on July 5 be driven to meet King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in order to get the go-ahead to form a government.
The Conservatives’ campaign, already lacklustre, was beset this week by growing claims about election betting.
The investigation into widespread betting on the date and outcome of the general election by figures connected with Sunak is still rumbling on.
For general elections in the U.K., there’s a market to predict the date of the vote. Unlike most other democracies, that decision rests solely in the hands of the prime minister. In the United States, for example, everyone knows that the presidential and congressional elections will take place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
People close to Sunak within the Conservative Party ranks and even police officers connected with his protection have been caught up in the inquiry.
Reports suggest the total number of parliamentary candidates and officials could be 15. The Gambling Commission, the
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