2024 General Election. Twenty-six days in – how’s it going?
| Week 1 3/6 | Week 2 10/6 | Week 3 17/6 | Week 4 24/6 | Week 5 1/7 | |
| How many voting | 21 | 17 | |||
| Cons, Governing majority | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cons Largest Party | 0 | 1 (6%) | |||
| Lab Governing Majority | 13 (61%) | 13 (76%) | |||
| Lab Largest party | 8 (38%) | 2 (11%) | |||
| SNP Do Well? | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reform to get MPs? | 0-11(52%) | 6 (35%) | |||
| 1-8(38%) | 8 (47%) | ||||
| > 1 | 3 (17%) | ||||
| Will Nigel Farage get elected? | 9 (53%) | ||||
| Green Party, how many MPs | 0-5(23%) | 1 (6%) | |||
| 1-14(66%) | 11 (64%) | ||||
| 2-1(4%) | 5 (29%) |
1. Election
Why Grant Shapps is warning about a Labour 'supermajority'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv221jple3jo
Keir Starmer faces questions over cost of Labour manifesto
Reform’s split of right-leaning vote could prove devastating for Tories
Our take on the Green manifesto
https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/13/our-take-on-the-green-manifesto
Chris Mason: Sunakian Conservatism in 76 pages
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw00k66jd3ro
Greens vow £70bn tax hike on wealthier to fund NHS and housing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6ppd6p12k4o
Polling expert Sir John Curtice on Reform and Lib Dem gains
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11jpqgzp4o
2. Ukraine
‘We’re in 1938 now’: Putin’s war in Ukraine and lessons from history
Confident Putin warns Europe is ‘defenceless’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn00e422yr2o
G7 agrees $50bn loan for Ukraine from Russian assets
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cllldqyg19ro
New US sanctions force end of dollar and euro trading on Russia’s main exchange
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/13/investing/us-russia-sanctions-dollar-euro-trading/index.html
3. European Elections & French Election
EU elections 2024: how did key countries vote and what does it mean?
A night of drama in Europe as EU parliament moves to right
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722rq29x7wo
4. Cats must be microchipped
Cat-microchipping success on first day of new law
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmll8yv10g1o
5. Ban high strength caffeinated drinks for children
UK could ban sales of energy drinks to under 16s
https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2024/06/11/UK-could-ban-sales-of-energy-drinks-to-children
Evidence shows wider range of risk associated with energy drinks in children. Experts ask how much more evidence is needed before action?
6. Health MOTs’ for over 65s
Health MOTs’ planned for people aged 65 and over arriving at A&E in Englandhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/12/health-mots-planned-for-people-aged-65-and-over-arriving-at-ae-in-england