Rishi Sunak
John Swinney 'troubled' by postal vote delays and fears Scots will lose voting chance
![Keir Starmer faces off against Rishi Sunak](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18243293.jpg)
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![Tories withdraw support for candidates accused of election bets](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18234880.jpg)
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Updated
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Alison Rowat
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking in Edinburgh today](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18231235.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking in Edinburgh today](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18231235.jpg)
General Election
![Sunak heads to Edinburgh as Tory campaign engulfed by growing gambling scandal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18123882.jpg)
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General Election
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ALISON ROWAT
![Sir Keir Starmer meets Labour activists on the campaign trail](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18209513.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer meets Labour activists on the campaign trail](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18209513.jpg)
![The PM confessed to the nation that he had to endure council telly when a lad](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18200506.jpg)
![The PM confessed to the nation that he had to endure council telly when a lad](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18200506.jpg)
ANDREW TICKELL
![Prof John Curtice: Rise of Farage and Reform an 'utter disaster' for the Tories](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18196066.jpg)
![Prof John Curtice: Rise of Farage and Reform an 'utter disaster' for the Tories](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18196066.jpg)
General Election
![John Swinney was concentrating on other parties in our interview, not his own](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18191429.jpg)
![John Swinney was concentrating on other parties in our interview, not his own](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18191429.jpg)
![Analysis: Starmer's toughest interview yet but luckily for him he's up against Sunak](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18189423.jpg)
![Analysis: Starmer's toughest interview yet but luckily for him he's up against Sunak](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18189423.jpg)
General Election
![Sunak hits back after being mocked over family's Sky TV 'sacrifice'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18186736.jpg)
![Sunak hits back after being mocked over family's Sky TV 'sacrifice'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18186736.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiling the UK Conservatives manifesto today](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18183419.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiling the UK Conservatives manifesto today](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18183419.jpg)
General Election
![Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden ... the photoshoot Rishi Sunak missed out on](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18168838.jpg)
![Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden ... the photoshoot Rishi Sunak missed out on](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18168838.jpg)
![Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18167393.jpg)
![Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18167393.jpg)
Exclusive
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general election
![Tories deny Rishi Sunak set to quit before election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18174598.jpg)
![Tories deny Rishi Sunak set to quit before election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18174598.jpg)
![Nigel Farage during the BBC debate on Friday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18174585.jpg)
![Nigel Farage during the BBC debate on Friday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18174585.jpg)
![The First Minister attended the commemorations in Normandy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18169793.jpg)
![The First Minister attended the commemorations in Normandy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18169793.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during the UK’s national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, hosted by the Ministry of Defence on Southsea Common in Portsmouth](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18168311.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during the UK’s national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, hosted by the Ministry of Defence on Southsea Common in Portsmouth](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18168311.jpg)
Updated
![If Sunak is a disgrace, though, his sidekick in Scotland managed to sink even lower.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18148354.jpg)
![If Sunak is a disgrace, though, his sidekick in Scotland managed to sink even lower.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18148354.jpg)
Unspun
![Douglas Ross is to stand as the Conservative candidate for Aberdeen North and Moray East](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12306714.jpg)
![Douglas Ross is to stand as the Conservative candidate for Aberdeen North and Moray East](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12306714.jpg)
![Swinney: PM's D-day dodge was a 'breathtakingly terrible decision'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18169972.jpg)
![Swinney: PM's D-day dodge was a 'breathtakingly terrible decision'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18169972.jpg)
![Palestinians mourn casualties of the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip outside a hospital in Deir al Ballah last Wednesday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18164250.jpg)
![Palestinians mourn casualties of the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip outside a hospital in Deir al Ballah last Wednesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18164250.jpg)
![Nigel Farage pictured earlier this week announcing that he was taking over the leadership of Reform UK and standing in the General Election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18162231.jpg)
![Nigel Farage pictured earlier this week announcing that he was taking over the leadership of Reform UK and standing in the General Election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18162231.jpg)
![Sunak 'lied and lied deliberately' with tax hike claim says Starmer](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18161981.jpg)
![Sunak 'lied and lied deliberately' with tax hike claim says Starmer](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18161981.jpg)
![Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak during their first televised Leaders Debate](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18160576.jpg)
![Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak during their first televised Leaders Debate](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18160576.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak a 'liar' says Labour as row over PM's £2,000 tax hike claim rumbles on](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18159629.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak a 'liar' says Labour as row over PM's £2,000 tax hike claim rumbles on](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18159629.jpg)
General Election
![Nigel Farage announces his candidacy in the general election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18156806.jpg)
![Nigel Farage announces his candidacy in the general election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18156806.jpg)
![Douglas Ross struggles to say if Rishi Sunak will win general election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18151660.jpg)
![Douglas Ross struggles to say if Rishi Sunak will win general election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18151660.jpg)
General Election
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar with candidate Dr Zubir Ahmed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18151178.jpg)
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar with candidate Dr Zubir Ahmed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18151178.jpg)
General Election
![First Minister John Swinney launches the SNP's general election campaign in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18148408.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney launches the SNP's general election campaign in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18148408.jpg)
General Election
![Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey takes a fall during his Lake Windermere photo-op on Tuesday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18137281.jpg)
![Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey takes a fall during his Lake Windermere photo-op on Tuesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18137281.jpg)
!['Another Westminster stitch-up:' SNP hit out at ITV debate snub](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18028709.jpg)
!['Another Westminster stitch-up:' SNP hit out at ITV debate snub](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18028709.jpg)
General Election
![The SNP have called on voters to oust Sunak](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17296710.jpg)
![The SNP have called on voters to oust Sunak](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17296710.jpg)
![Waitrose budget range is suspiciously swanky when it comes to pet food, points out David Donaldson. “Unless,” he adds, “this is cheap lasagne made from minced cats.”](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18130382.jpg)
![Waitrose budget range is suspiciously swanky when it comes to pet food, points out David Donaldson. “Unless,” he adds, “this is cheap lasagne made from minced cats.”](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18130382.jpg)
![If there were mandatory national service, would our defence and foreign policy have to change?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18127895.jpg)
![If there were mandatory national service, would our defence and foreign policy have to change?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18127895.jpg)
![“I’ve heard of hot off the press,” says Chris Robertson, “but this is ridiculous.”](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18127253.jpg)
![“I’ve heard of hot off the press,” says Chris Robertson, “but this is ridiculous.”](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18127253.jpg)
![National Service, 1950s-style. Rishi Sunak's modern reimagining has stirred up a hornet's nest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18127171.jpg)
![National Service, 1950s-style. Rishi Sunak's modern reimagining has stirred up a hornet's nest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18127171.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak outside Number 10 as he announced the general election date](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18126158.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak outside Number 10 as he announced the general election date](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18126158.jpg)
![Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the July election date](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18122681.jpg)
![Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the July election date](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18122681.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Michal Wachucik/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17809486.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Michal Wachucik/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17809486.jpg)
![Sunak defends holding general election during Scottish school holidays](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18117856.jpg)
![Sunak defends holding general election during Scottish school holidays](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18117856.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13507314.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13507314.jpg)
![What we know so far as Rishi Sunak appears ready to call a general election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16643856.jpg)
![What we know so far as Rishi Sunak appears ready to call a general election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16643856.jpg)
![The First Minister was reacting to news of the General Election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18054751.jpg)
![The First Minister was reacting to news of the General Election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18054751.jpg)
![Standing in the rain outside Number 10 Mr Sunak said polls will open on July 4](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18113195.jpg)
![Standing in the rain outside Number 10 Mr Sunak said polls will open on July 4](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18113195.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak calls snap general election on July 4](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18112969.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak calls snap general election on July 4](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18112969.jpg)
Updated
![PMQs: Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out summer election](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18110870.jpg)
![PMQs: Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out summer election](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18110870.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17869281.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17869281.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak mentioned Scottish nationalists in a speech on 'extremism' this week](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18097834.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak mentioned Scottish nationalists in a speech on 'extremism' this week](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18097834.jpg)
ANDREW TICKELL
![Alister Jack last week revealed that UK ministers have been asked to plan for a nuclear power plant north of the Border](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13696092.jpg)
![Alister Jack last week revealed that UK ministers have been asked to plan for a nuclear power plant north of the Border](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13696092.jpg)
![PMQs: SNP demand apology from PM for 'comparing independence supporters to Putin'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18082826.jpg)
![PMQs: SNP demand apology from PM for 'comparing independence supporters to Putin'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18082826.jpg)
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