{"id":56665,"date":"2024-05-22T23:36:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T23:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/22\/will-englands-or-scotlands-results-at-euro-2024-affect-the-general-election\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T23:36:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T23:36:05","slug":"will-englands-or-scotlands-results-at-euro-2024-affect-the-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/22\/will-englands-or-scotlands-results-at-euro-2024-affect-the-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Will England’s or Scotland’s results at Euro 2024 affect the general election?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For only the second time, a general election campaign will coincide with a major football tournament.<\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of voters could be in Germany around polling day on 4 July – depending on the progress of England and Scotland at Euro 2024 (14 June-14 July).<\/p>\n

Can Rishi Sunak benefit from a football feelgood factor? Or could early exits for the home nations hasten his departure from No 10?<\/p>\n

A myth has occasionally persisted that England’s 1966 World Cup victory kept Harold Wilson in Downing Street.<\/p>\n

But Labour’s election victory actually came four months before the Wembley final – in March 1966.<\/p>\n

The PM did, however, call the 1970 election in the middle of England’s World Cup defence in Mexico.<\/p>\n

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Cabinet minister Denis Healey later claimed Wilson was wondering about the political consequences of an England defeat ahead of election day.<\/p>\n

And West Germany did turn it around against the world champions in the quarterfinals – just as the Conservatives confounded the pollsters to sweep Edward Heath to power four days later.<\/p>\n

England’s early flight home came after blowing a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 – and sports minister Denis Howell later linked goalkeeping blunders with the moment everything “began to go wrong for Labour”.<\/p>\n

A PM did not call a national poll again during a tournament until the Brexit vote – with the UK voting to leave the European Union during Euro 2016.<\/p>\n

Read more: The gigs, sports events and festivals that clash with the 4 July general election<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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England fans – never reticent to goad rivals – adopted a new jingoistic chant: “We’re not in Europe anymore.”<\/p>\n

The Three Lions fulfilled that far sooner on the pitch than the prolonged EU withdrawal – with a humiliating last-16 defeat to minnows Iceland.<\/p>\n

At the upcoming Euros in Germany, the 4 July election unexpectedly called by Rishi Sunak<\/a><\/strong> comes after the round of 16.<\/p>\n

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Royal Family postpones engagements that ‘divert attention’ from election campaign<\/a><\/strong>
Why summer election is a big call for the PM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Unwelcome news perhaps for Gareth Southgate, who for so long as England manager has been called on to unite the nation amid domestic political strife.<\/p>\n

It was only in March that England were facing calls from both Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to restore the clear red St George’s cross to the shirt<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But Sky News pointed out to Southgate only yesterday that it seemed Euro 2024 “would be about football, not politics this time”.<\/p>\n

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He replied: “Well, that’s what I started off in this job to do.”<\/p>\n

A short-lived hope.<\/p>\n

Even the Euros may not now be an election-free zone. But will results on the pitch have any impact on politics?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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