A hasty election before Britain sees the hard truth of Brexit
by William Keegan from on (#2M17F)
Of all the reasons for Theresa May to go for an immediate vote, the clearest is that the future prospects for Britain are darkening all the time
My friend Paul Whitehouse told me the news in my local cafe. At first I thought he was practising a sketch for a re-run of the much-missed Fast Show.
Sadly, he wasn't. Theresa May's repeated denials of an intention to call a snap election had gone the way of so many of her inconsistent and often fatuous pronouncements. There was going to be an election after all.
If she ploughs on, she could end up by 2020 as the most unpopular prime minister since records began
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