British PM calls for early general election for July 4 – Parliament to be dissolved on Thursday 30 May in preparation for the general election

By Innocent Fowung, UK Correspondent British Prime Minister (PM) Rishi Sunak has announced that Britons will go to the polls on Thursday, July 4, as he bids to win the fifth term in office for the Conservatives. The PM made the unexpected move outside 10 Downing Street, on May 24, and overturned the expectations of an autumn general election. As anticipated, October or November had previously been thought more likely for an election date. But the rumours started swirling from early on Wednesday morning, after confirmation that annual inflation had fallen to its lowest rate in almost three years. British…