Two advantages....first, labor is at the weakest point it’s been since the early 1990s. If you found ten guys who voted twenty years ago for labor and asked the same ten today...at best you’d only have five or six willing to vote for them. Second, it sends a clear message across to the EU that May (99-percent chance of winning) has full support of the public for BREXIT.
She might also be thinking that Le Pen may will the French election, and this might be a good occasion to take advantage of numbers.
Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a “snap” election? They aren’t electing parliament again, are they?!
They should have an election for a new Royal Family.
This is a totally legit snap election. Theresa May was elected Prime Minister by her peers following the resignation of the former Prime Minister. She subsequently consolidated her position within the Conservative Party, and is now seeking a mandate from the people for her government.
Another totally legit snap election is when there is an impasse in Parliament. For example, they’re not able to pass a budget.
Now, as to the fact that the Tories are riding high in the polls, we’ll just say that’s a coincidence.
BTW my wife is part English, and really likes Theresa May.
Stuff like this makes me love our set in stone elections.
Unless May is caught on video torturing a puppy, the Tories are going to win, probably in a landslide. Jeremy Corbyn is a far left nut (even by European standards) and has alienated a huge swath of center-left voters who would normally vote Labour. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that the perennial also ran Liberal Democrats could become the 2nd largest party and become the “loyal opposition.” The election will also have significant implications in Scotland where yet again the SNP has been trying to seize on any issue (in this case Brexit) to justify another referendum on secession from the UK. However polls have shown Scottish voters growing weary of this and there is a chance that for the first time in a generation the Tories might pick up a few seats north of the border.
I was afraid these sort of shenanigans would happen. They want to stop Brexit. This is nothing else but another play to try to stop it. Keep doing the elections until you get the result you want. I wouldn’t be surprised if I turn up one day to find the headline “Brexit halted by court order over “irregularities.”
So, she’s taking my advice after all. Hard to pass up a 20 point lead, it’s not gonna get any better than that. In fact if I’m Corbyn or Sturgeon (or Trout or whatever fish she is) I’d have voted against an election. Corbyn is looking at losing his job after the drubbing and Sturgeon already has almost every seat in Scotland, no where to go but down.
UKIP seems to be down and out, their only MP quit the party and wants to rejoin the tories if they will nominate him. I’d expect them to relish a chance to move up from zero but they are criticizing the election call. They are looking at zero seats, 4th place in the popular vote, and possibly no future. Achieving their goal and losing their big personality leader seems to have taken it’s toll.
I only wish she’d call for the House of Lords to be scrapped, that’s something that would be in the election manifesto, it’s the right thing to do and would win votes so it’s a no brainier.