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Under UK rules, can Sunak remain PM until 4 July but the Tories presenting another PM candidate for the election?

Nothing standing in the way, theoretically. The Liberal Party pulled this stunt a couple of times. Most notably, Gladstone resigned the leadership, leaving the party with a Commons and Lords leader, but no *party leader*, from 1875-1880, and then took the leadership back after the party won an election in that state.

Sunak is PM until he resigns, and advises Charles to appoint someone who can command the confidence of the Commons. The reason it won’t happen is that it hasn’t happened in the post-war era, is a bit of a fiddle with the party constitution (which assured members a vote on their leader) and will only cause the Tories more trouble.

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After dissolution, Sunak or whoever the Cabinet designates, remains PM until July 5th, the Conservatives won't have a leader until after the election.

If the Conservatives fail to elect any MP ( given their dire straits why not ?) they won't have a leader, according to their rules it has to be an MP not a Lord.

Hmm, right... So no chance of happening what is quite common in other European countries, where the incumbent PM remains as caretaker but the party in power presents another candidate. Plus, yeah, there is no time for this kind of process, 40 days until election day.

This won't happen but I, for one, will laugh my ass off to death if they import this move from the Continent for the sake of pinning the end of 14 years on David Cameron (something something broken clock):

https://twitter.com/carolvorders/status/1794428466206511613

I'd assume that any substantial movement to the Tories would be coupled with a decline in the Reform vote.

Immediately upon birth. There are more than ten world leaders holding the title of President right now.

Thing is that you don't really "live under" any president besides the president of whichever country that you reside in and/or hold citizenship of. (That is, if those countries have a "president as their head of state to begin with). Therefore, unless you have lived in and/or held citizenship of at least ten of those countries over the course of your life, then you have not "lived under ten presidents" by virtue of the fact that over ten countries on Earth throughout your life have ever had a president.

You're a Democrat, so shouldn't you want him to win reelection, not merely be unconcerned if he does?

As long as Biden doesn't change State Govtms I am not concerned.

If there was some requirement to put your pronouns in your signature or something I could see why that would be problematic, but I don't see what the issue should be with someone doing it on their own. Particularly if the pronouns aren't what someone would expect, that could be useful.

["You're hot! Will you go to prom with me?"]

Millenials and Gen X were approaching a crunch point in middle age. Trump/Covid19 froze time. From 2017-2019 fighting Trump took precedence over dealing with the fact that this was it. There was a new world after Trump.

Covid19 meant you also could take a school snow/sick day for 2 years.

Which meant a lot of people went to bed in june 2016 at age 29-36 and woke up in november 2021 age 35-42.

So they associate Biden not with being old himself but when they became old

I spoke at a few local high schools a couple of years ago. These sessions were meant to give the kiddos a chance to hear from and ask questions to people in vocations in which they might be interested. 

During the Q&A section at one school, a jock-ish kid raised his hand and loudly said "You're hot! Will you go to prom with me?" It got a laugh, he got pats on the back from his dumb little buddies, and I wasn't bothered by it, but you could tell the principal was NOT happy. 

You're so cool PQG! Keep bragging about how everyone finds you so attractive

Another Lie from you. No Republican said Abortion isn't an Important Issue, it is.

What? This board is full of blue avatars saying that exact thing over the last 3 years.

But it's not an All-In Deciding Issue Democrats claim it to be.

I never claimed it was an "all-in deciding issue," but it clearly is one that drives Democratic votes that they wouldn't otherwise get.

Another Lie. You continously claimed and claim to this Day that Abortion will decide the 2024 Election.

Are you doing a bit or something?

There is no real news on the polling front to speak of. Much the same patterns as before the election was called. That isn't terribly unusual so early, but isn't (obviously) what the government will have hoped for.

The senators can create their brands, focus on the issues that matter in their states and avoid foreing policy controversies.

Focus on where they are favored (like abortion and Ukraine), and avoid the unpopular things.