The UK will go to the polls on July 4, in an attempt to upstage the Island's National Day.
Rishi Sunak made the announcement this evening outside 10 Downing Street.
He'd been promising a general election in the second half of this year.
Tynwald Day celebrations will get underway in St Johns on July 5.
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