After six weeks of campaigning, we enter the final straight on Thursday evening and Friday morning as a long night of political drama brings election 2024 to an end.
Six weeks after Rishi Sunak battled through the Downing Street rain to announce a snap summer election, the big day has finally arrived. For some it will be a relief to see the end of the campaigning, debates and manifesto promises, but for many fans of politics this will be one of the biggest nights of television in years.
Politicians have spent the past six weeks telling us that there’s only one opinion poll that matters, and that’s the general election on July 4 — and the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky News and Times Radio
