UK's glum Conservatives try to shift the mood with election promises as polling day nears
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been forced to deny rumors he could quit before next month’s election amid alarm inside the governing Conservatives over the party's lackluster campaign
By Jill Lawless
Published - Jun 11, 2024, 01:33 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 11, 2024, 01:33 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak doesn’t know whether he’ll still be Britain’s prime minister the day after next month’s election. There’s nothing unusual about that.
What is unusual is that he’s been forced to deny rumors he could quit even before polling day, amid alarm inside the governing Conservative Party over Sunak’s lackluster campaign.
Sunak gets a chance — maybe one of his last — to change the narrative on Tuesday when he releases the Conservatives' manifesto, a handbook of policies that forms each U.K. party's blueprint for power.
Despite gloomy polls and bruising headlines, Sunak insists the election is not a “foregone conclusion” and says resigning has not crossed his mind.
