31-01-2023, 04:12 AM
(30-01-2023, 12:08 PM)Radio_man Wrote: During 2024 there will also be a General Election in the UK, and a Presidential election in the US, with the build up to the US election throughout the year with the primaries etc.If he does indeed decide to 'run down the clock' on a GE, then Parliament won't dissolve until the morning of the 5th anniversary of it first meeting, which is Friday 17 December 2024 - and the latest possible polling day 25 working days later, which is Friday 24 January 2025.
Convention says that the UK GE will be in May or June, but if Rushi Sunak wants to run down the clock on the current Parliamentary term, he could call the UK General Election in late autumn 2024, so we'll have the UK GE campaign and the US Presidential campaign happening concurrently. How on earth will this new channel manage to cover that and keep everyone happy???
PMs only call an early election if they think they're going to win. I don't think there will be a clash between a UK GE campaign and the US Presidential election.