1) The sport
This summer sees the return of the European Championships — and the soccer tournament’s crunch fixtures fall right in the middle of the election campaign and on either side of polling day itself.
Westminster-residing football fans hoping that pre-tournament favorites England meet success will find themselves sneaking a glance at the side’s matches while on the campaign trail. If England reaches the quarter finals, meanwhile, those fixtures will take place in the days immediately following the election.
Scotland’s side are also playing at the tournament — and the timing of the campaign may present a problem for the Scottish National Party’s leader in Westminster, Stephen Flynn, who planned to be in Germany for the team’s June fixtures.
Everyone else can look forward to leaders going even further over the top than normal in their efforts to capitalize on the football frenzy — so expect more cringe photo-ops from the pub.
Britain’s Wimbledon tennis grand slam — much-loved by politicians and celebs — also gets underway in July, but now risks being overshadowed by loads of people plying Britain’s streets with clipboards.
2) Festival season
Why sit in a field, drinking beer and listening to Dua Lipa, when you could be attending over-rehearsed election campaign stops with middle-aged men?
