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to “pack up, go home and waste somebody’s else’s time” as he accused the prime minister of running “scared” from voters.He repeated again today that his “working assumption” was the election will be in the second half of the year”.
Labour has long held a comfortable lead over the Tories and, based on current polls, look set to win a sizeable majority. Sunak has until January 2025 to hold the election, but it is widely assumed he will go to the country in October or November. “Why is the PM so scared to call an election?” Starmer said. “He’s so diminished his entire focus is stopping his MPs holding the sword of Damocles over his head. Perhaps even literally in the case of the leader of House.“The mortgage mayhem, the waitings lists, the criminals walking free, they are the cost of Tory chaos.
“If they can’t bring themselves to stop the endless games and gimmicks and stop putting themselves before country, they should pack up, go home and waste somebody else’s time.”The PMQs battle came ahead of a showdown this afternoon, when Sunak will meet Tory backbenchers at a meeting in parliament.
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