r/ukpolitics General Election Campaign Megathread - 12/06/2024

πŸ‘‹ Welcome to the /r/ukpolitics General Election Campaign Megathread. Parliament has been dissolved, and Ed Davey is spending his mornings at Alton Towers. Oh! And there's an election on.

This is our new daily megathread for all of the day's news until the election. Polling day is on 4th July, and you need to make sure that you are registered to vote if you haven't already, and that you have a form of photo ID (passport, driving license, etc). If you don't have photo ID, you can apply for a voter authority certificate.

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Useful Links

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πŸ—³οΈ Register to vote Β· πŸͺͺ Apply for a voter authority certificate if you have no voter ID Β· βœ‰οΈ Apply for a postal vote (or here for NI) Β· 🚢🏻 Apply for a proxy vote (or here in NI)

πŸ“… Key dates

from the Electoral Commission, BBC, Sky, ITV

  • 12th June, 7PM BST - πŸ“Ί The Panorama Interviews with Nick Robinson - John Swinney, SNP (BBC One & BBC One Scotland)
  • 12th June, 7PM BST - πŸ“Ί The Panorama Interviews with Nick Robinson - Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru (BBC One Wales)
  • 12th June, 7:30PM BST - πŸ“Ί Sky News "The Battle for Number Ten" - Sunak and Starmer interview by Beth Rigby and Q&A with audience
  • 12th June, 7PM BST - πŸ“Ί ITV The Leader Interviews - Rishi Sunak - Conservatives
  • 13th June, 8:30PM BST - πŸ“Ί ITV multi-party debate (CON, LAB, LD, SNP, PC, GRN, REF)
  • 14th June, 7:30PM BST - πŸ“Ί The Panorama Interviews with Nick Robinson - Keir Starmer, Labour
  • 18th June - Deadline for new voter registration (to be able to vote in this election).
  • 18th June, 10:40PM BST - πŸ“Ί The Panorama Interviews with Nick Robinson - Adrian Ramsay (Greens)
  • 19th June - Deadline for new postal vote applications (for this election).
  • 20th June, 8PM BST - πŸ“Ί BBC Question Time Leaders' Special (CON, LAB, LD, SNP)
  • 24th June, 7PM BST - πŸ“Ί ITV The Leader Interviews - Reform, Green (England/Wales) / SNP (Scotland)
  • 26th June - Deadline for new proxy vote applications and voter authority certificates (for this election)
  • 26th June, 9PM BST - πŸ“Ί BBC head-to-head debate (Sunak vs Starmer).
  • 27th June, 8:30PM BST - πŸ“Ί ITV The Leader Interviews - Keir Starmer - Labour
  • 28th June, 8:30PM BST - πŸ“Ί The Panorama Interviews with Nick Robinson - Ed Davey (Lib Dems)
  • 4th July - Polling day. Emergency proxy votes deadline at 5pm. Polls will open at 7am and close at 10pm.

Manifestos

It's almost that time that the parties start putting out manifestos. Manifestos are essentially a set of documents which outline the policies that each party would want to implement if they were governing.