UK General Election 2024

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In 5 weeks time the polls will open to elect members of the Westminster parliament.

As usual it's just a 2 horse race between the blues (Con) and the reds (Lab).
Labour's lead has been cut from 20 plus points down to 12.

Tory PM Rishi (Richi) Sunak has assets valued at £650 million.
Devout Hindu who owns expensive properties.

Labour leader (Sir) Keir Starmer is worth £7-8 million.
Not bad when you consider his first job was picking up stones from a farmer's field.
He has been called the red knight.
His deputy is Angela Rayner from an even more humble background has been called the red queen.

Also running are the party of the centre (Lib-Dems) who are squeezed out by the other two in the battle for the centre ground.
Green Party are aiming to pick up a few seats.
Reform Party might do well, but could end up with no seats.
Nationalist parties in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are likely to lose seats.

As someone once said, there is nothing quite like a British election.
(Unless in the USA.)