British Leader Sunak Calls Snap Election as His Party Trails in Polls

By David Luhnow

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Wednesday called a surprise summer election for July 4, a high-stakes gamble by the British leader to galvanize his restive Conservative party as it trails the opposition Labour Party by double digits in the polls.

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