I also think he’ll hang on if he can, but I also think his ego won’t handle being toppled and he’ll want to lead the party in the campaign. If that means bringing that forward, then he’ll do that.Cheers. Under the FTPA, we'd have been having a GE this May, I think. I'm fully aware that Sunak is entitled to hang on to the bitter end and will probably wait until late autumn and can technically call an election in mid January 2025, but what sort of person can honestly carry on with governing the country in the belief that they have any sort moral madate to be PM when they've not won a GE and their party has been getting trounced in every opinion poll for 2 years, as well as in a number of by-elections and local elections?
It's well known that he doesn't need the cash, and it can't even be doing anything for his ego at this stage. You'd surely imagine that there must be some thoughts in his head towards doing the honourable thing and calling a GE at the conventional time of year in May to coincide with the locals (which will be another trouncing) and get it over and done with,