European elections: your guide to the vote you never expected
With ‘Brexit Day’ 29 March long gone, Britain gears up for an election it did not think it would participate in. Here is what you need to know before 23 May
For Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn, the European election campaign that has now kicked off in earnest is one they never wanted to fight.
Politicians live for elections: the drama, the team spirit, the thrill of the race. The chance to lead every news bulletin, every day, for weeks. Yet the prime minister had fervently hoped Britain would already have left the European Union on time, on 29 March, and that by now she would be announcing a couple of eye-catching domestic policies before leaving No 10.