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Theresa Playing An Underhand Card
Could Theresa May be playing an extremely clever pro-Remain card?
Think of it this way - the big winners in this election are likely to be the Tories, as (let's be honest) - Labour are unelectable with Jerry in charge.
But aside from the Conservatives, who else is likely to do well?
The Lib Dems might see votes going to them from Remainers as they are more vocal in their calls for the UK to remain in the EU.
The biggest losers in this election are surely UKIP?
So, Theresa - who we know is a Remainer, calls a snap election to bolster her position, but at the same time, kill UKIP and send a 'soft Brexit' message to the country?
Is this possible?
Think of it this way - the big winners in this election are likely to be the Tories, as (let's be honest) - Labour are unelectable with Jerry in charge.
But aside from the Conservatives, who else is likely to do well?
The Lib Dems might see votes going to them from Remainers as they are more vocal in their calls for the UK to remain in the EU.
The biggest losers in this election are surely UKIP?
So, Theresa - who we know is a Remainer, calls a snap election to bolster her position, but at the same time, kill UKIP and send a 'soft Brexit' message to the country?
Is this possible?
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She has called it because her majority is too small. That gives some of the more extreme types in her own party too much power over her. She wants a bigger majority so she can take the negotiations in the direction she wants rather than the direction that her own extremists would prefer. Plus, a clear mandate gives her a stronger negotiating hand with the EU, as they can't then claim she hasn't got one.
I think it's certain that the Lib Dems will receive new members.
One thing May doesn't get is that the Tories have always been indecisive, and it makes good business sense that they are. The problem could be removing the power of the whips if the majority is too high, the PM getting the carte blanche. Oppressive times ahead.
One thing May doesn't get is that the Tories have always been indecisive, and it makes good business sense that they are. The problem could be removing the power of the whips if the majority is too high, the PM getting the carte blanche. Oppressive times ahead.
I think she is sick to her back teeth of all the squabbling despite referenda in both EU and Scottish independence...high time Government and the nation played ball and accept the democratic decision of the majority in these matters....I admire TM for her stance and her courage to do what is right by the people...
An interesting thought SP but I suspect I know which box she put her cross in - most likely the same as Mr Corbyn did. And it was not remain.
But with Politics who knows? If however she goes 'soft' Brexit then labour (who I suspect will gain long term from this election) will win the next GE and she will be annihilated.
But with Politics who knows? If however she goes 'soft' Brexit then labour (who I suspect will gain long term from this election) will win the next GE and she will be annihilated.
The 'vociferous whiners' tho are likely to be the swivelling tendency of her party once these negotiations start.
She presumably banks on a larger majority which will make her less beholden to them
There's likely to be a lot of 'Brexitterness' once concessions start having to be made. And an election would be 5 years off not 3.
I don't want to have s go at Mrs May, as no PM is ever truly up front about the reasons for calling an early election, but the idea that this election is just about getting Remain folk inside is hogwash
She presumably banks on a larger majority which will make her less beholden to them
There's likely to be a lot of 'Brexitterness' once concessions start having to be made. And an election would be 5 years off not 3.
I don't want to have s go at Mrs May, as no PM is ever truly up front about the reasons for calling an early election, but the idea that this election is just about getting Remain folk inside is hogwash
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