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 | 12 | ||
| Cons, Governing majority | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cons Largest Party | 0 | 1 (6%) | 0 | ||
| Lab Governing Majority | 13 (61%) | 13 (76%) | 12 (100%) | ||
| Lab Largest party | 8 (38%) | 2 (11%) | 0 | ||
| SNP Do Well? | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reform to get MPs? | 0-11(52%) | 6 (35%) | 1 (8%) | ||
| 1-8(38%) | 8 (47%) | 3 (25%) | |||
| > 1 | 3 (17%) | 6 (50%) | |||
| Will Nigel Farage get elected? | 9 (53%) | 8 (66%) | |||
| Green Party, how many MPs | 0-5(23%) | 1 (6%) | 0 | ||
| 1-14(66%) | 11 (64%) | 4 (33%) | |||
| 2-1(4%) | 5 (29%) | 6 (50%) |
1. Election
Major Tory donor tells BBC he is voting Labour
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw00rgq24xvo
Ipsos poll shows just how deep a hole the Conservatives are in
Tories brace for brutal civil war
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-general-election-conservative-party-tories-rishi-sunak-successor
Inflation falls to lowest level in almost three years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrrk8j7pwxo
Rishi Sunak’s public humiliation is as mortifying as it is satisfying
Starmer fighting one seat, Corbyn the one next door: a schism and a symbol of battles to come
Why the Conservative Party’s manifesto will mean £4,800 more on your mortgage
2. Israel and the War in Gaza
Benjamin Netanyahu dissolves Israeli war cabinet
Israel and Hezbollah play with fire but neither wants another war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv22wz7e2z2o
Israeli military spokesman’s Hamas defeat remarks widen rift with Netanyahu
3. Genetics and freewill.
The big idea: can you inherit memories from your ancestors?
4. Would you queue for hours to see a flower that smells strongly of a rotting corpse?
Queues gather at Kew to sniff 'corpse flower' stink
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxxx5l0xly6o
5. Climate issues.
Landmark ruling could threaten future UK oil drilling
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxwwzmn12g9o
Stonehenge covered in orange paint by Just Stop Oil
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw44mdee0zzo
6. AI film script gets a film banned.
London premiere of movie with AI-generated script cancelled after backlash
7. American Elections.
The question isn’t whether Trump or Biden is declining faster: it’s why the US is faced with this choice
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/19/donald-trump-joe-biden-us-choice