PM rules out May 2nd general election

  • 7 months ago
Rishi Sunak rules out a May 2nd election as he appeared on ITV West Country on Thursday. The prime minister says "there's not going to be a general election on that day, but when there is a general election what actually matters is the choice at that election". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Transcript
00:00 In seven weeks time we have local elections, including in Gloucester where I was talking to them today.
00:05 We have Police and Crime Commissioner elections and we have mayoral elections.
00:09 I'm squarely focused on those because they're important and there's not going to be a general election on that day.
00:15 But when there is a general election, actually what matters is the choice of that election.

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