r/ukpolitics General Election Campaign Megathread - 27/06/2024 - ONE WEEK UNTIL POLLING DAY

👋 Welcome to the /r/ukpolitics General Election Campaign Megathread.

This is our daily megathread for all of the day's news until the election. Polling day is on 4th July, and you need to have a form of photo ID (passport, driving license, etc) in order to vote.

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Useful Links

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🚶🏻 Apply for an emergency proxy vote (or here in NI) · 📚 GE megathread archive

🎰 Betgate tally

• Craig Williams - PPS to the PM, Tory candidate (suspended)
• Unknown Met Police officer - Sunak's protection officer
• Tony Lee - Tory Director of Campaigning
• Laura Saunders - Lee's wife, Tory candidate (suspended)
• Nick Mason - Tory Chief Data Officer
• 5 unknown Met Police officers
• Kevin Craig - Labour candidate (suspended)
• Alister Jack - Scottish Cabinet Secretary
• Russell George - Tory Senedd (Wales) Member
• Philip Davies - Tory candidate, incumbent MP

📅 Key dates

from the Electoral Commission, BBC, Sky, ITV

• 28th June, 7:30PM BST - 📺 The Panorama Interviews with Nick Robinson - Ed Davey (Lib Dems)
• 28th June, 8PM BST - 📺 BBC Question Time Leaders' Special (REF, GRN)
• 4th July - Polling day. Emergency proxy votes deadline at 5pm. Polls will open at 7am and close at 10pm.

Manifestos

Manifestos are essentially a set of documents which outline the policies that each party would want to implement if they were governing.

• 📘 Conservatives: View manifesto (discuss)
• 🌹 Labour: View manifesto (discuss)
• 🔆 Liberal Democrats: View manifesto (discuss)
• 🎗️ SNP: View manifesto (discuss)
• 🌼 Plaid Cymru: View manifesto
• 🌿 Green Party: View manifesto (discuss)
• ➡️ Reform: View manifesto [PDF] (discuss)

Election night coverage

Here's a sort-of comprehensive guide to your 4th July election night coverage: