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Mapped: List of all the MPs standing down at next election as Michael Gove and John Redwood join the exodus…

Is Sunak’s election campaign the worst in history? He is soaked in Downing Street on his launch, drowned out by…

Sunak promises to bring back national service for 18-year-olds There is no title provided to identify any biased words or…

Scottish Labour taking ‘nothing for granted’ as SNP support crumbles Keir Starmer makes Scotland ‘central to the mission’ as polls…

London water tested for parasites after families suffer diarrhoea and vomiting | UK News A London water supply has been…

Sadio Mane, Thiago, Minamino, Ox, Keita, Shaqiri, Origi, how many of these make the world-class list?

This week’s Economist asks: Is America dictator-proof? The many vulnerabilities, and enduring strengths, of America’s Republic.

Today’s biggest trending story is on the general election, announced yesterday, the snap election will take place in just six weeks.

Almost all of Friday’s front pages report on the first day of the general election campaigning. Rishi Sunak is pictured in most papers after his disastrous election announcement. 

Regardless of political leanings, many of yesterday’s newspapers agreed that the prime minister’s snap July election was a ‘gamble’. The papers, the experts, and inside sources all concluded choosing an election just 6 weeks away didn’t seem like a great course of action for a party that’s 20 points behind in the opinion polls. Many also slammed the prime minister’s decision to give the announcement outside in the rain with protesters blasting music over the prime minister – not great optics for the government. 

However, the date is now set and the papers have firmly put their foot in their camps. Yesterday marked day one of the election campaigning – here’s how the papers cover it. 

“This weakness is not ours, but the world’s, which has not dared to deal with terrorists in the way they deserve for three years,” he said in a post on X.