Theresa May calls snap general election
Prime Minister Theresa May has called a general election for 8 June.
There will be a vote in the House of Commons tomorrow, with a two-thirds majority needed for the election to go ahead.
The prime minister, who had previously said she did not foresee a general election until 2020, said she had only “recently and reluctantly” come to the decision to call an election. She will run for leadership on behalf of the Conservative Party.
Prime Minister Theresa May has called a general election for 8 June.
There will be a vote in the House of Commons tomorrow, with a two-thirds majority needed for the election to go ahead.
The prime minister, who had previously said she did not foresee a general election until 2020, said she had only “recently and reluctantly” come to the decision to call an election. She will run for leadership on behalf of the Conservative Party.
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street this morning, she said the decision was based on overcoming disunity in Westminster. “There should be unity here in Westminster, but instead there is division”, she said.
Citing threats to the Brexit deal from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the SNP and the House of Lords, she said: “If we do not hold a general election now, their political game-playing will continue.”
She added: “Division in Westminster will risk our ability to make a success of Brexit and will cause damaging insecurity and instability to the country.”
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• Read Jackie Sadek’s view of the snap election announcement here
