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Why did Sunak call an election so soon?
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23/05/2024
We ask the people of Newport why they think Rishi Sunak called a general election in just 6 weeks time.
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I can't really hazard a guess on it, only he would know unless he's discussed it already today on TV.
00:05
Not a clue, but again, I think he's on a high near nothing.
00:09
So the headlines that I read were that he's, A, trying to catch Labour off guard,
00:14
and B, I think with the recent announcements on the moving of the economy,
00:22
he's kind of going to capitalise on that while he's got it, because who knows what's going to happen tomorrow.
00:27
I can't believe he's announced it so soon.
00:30
Thought he might have gone for later in the year, November time.
00:34
Makes you wonder why he's done it now, and I suspect he has little chance of winning this general election.
00:42
Well, it was a good action from Sunak, as the Conservatives failing the population.
00:53
They had a very bad policy. Yeah, so I'm glad sooner, better.
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