UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, on Thursday, appeared to rule out holding a general election in the spring, BBC reported. During a visit to Mansfield, the prime minister said: “My working assumption is we’ll have a general election in the second half of this year.”UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, on Thursday, appeared to rule out holding a general election in the spring, BBC reported. During a visit to Mansfield, the prime minister said: “My working assumption is we’ll have a general election in the second half of this year.”