Why did Sunak call an election so soon?

We ask the people of Newport why they think Rishi Sunak called a general election in just 6 weeks time.

Transcript

00:00 I can't really hazard a guess on it, only he would know unless he's discussed it already today on TV.

00:05 Not a clue, but again, I think he's on a high near nothing.

00:09 So the headlines that I read were that he's, A, trying to catch Labour off guard,

00:14 and B, I think with the recent announcements on the moving of the economy,

00:22 he's kind of going to capitalise on that while he's got it, because who knows what's going to happen tomorrow.

00:27 I can't believe he's announced it so soon.

00:30 Thought he might have gone for later in the year, November time.

00:34 Makes you wonder why he's done it now, and I suspect he has little chance of winning this general election.

00:42 Well, it was a good action from Sunak, as the Conservatives failing the population.

00:53 They had a very bad policy. Yeah, so I'm glad sooner, better.