Yesterday Theresa May announced her intention to
hold a general election on 8 June, and today (Wednesday 19 April)
the House of Commons has approved a motion enabling it to go ahead:
Parliament is expected to be dissolved in a fortnight and the
Conservatives, Labour, Liberals, SNP, and other political parties
will tell their candidates to go back to their constituencies and
prepare for... what?
The polls currently predict an outcome of 42% Conservative to
27% Labour which would produce a landslide for the Tories, and a
significant improvement on the UK Government's current working
majority of 17. Predicting election outcomes is a perilous activity
and not one I am about to embark on. However, if the pollsters and
pundits are right, and the election results in an increased
Government majority, and MPs having been elected on a clear Brexit
mandate, negotiators will be in a stronger position when dealing
with the EU, and the UK Parliament is less likely to amend
