"WE NEED A GENERAL ELECTION AND WE NEED ONE NOW"
On the 18th of April the Prime Minister, Theresa May announced a snap general election that was to take place on the 8th of June 2017. She announced this despite her previous claims stating that she would not call a general election as she was against the idea of an early vote. May went on to say that Britain was in need of “certainty, stability and strong leadership” following the EU referendum last June.
May stepped outside of Downing Street on that faithful Tuesday morning and declared that “We need a general election and we need one now” the Prime Minister said, “I have only recently and reluctantly come to this conclusion but now I have concluded it is the only way to guarantee certainty for the years ahead.”
She stated that the reason behind the calling of the snap election was due to the threat from other parties in Westminster with regards to the Conservative party’s preparations for the Brexit negotiations.
“The country is coming together but Westminster is not. Labour have threatened to vote against the final agreement we reach. The Lib Dems have said they want to grind the business of government to a standstill. Unelected members of the House of Lords have vowed to fight us every step of the way.”
The Prime Minister continued to reinforce the idea that she had reluctantly come to this conclusion throughout her speech. She asked that we, the British people, put our trust in her and the Conservative party.
SNAP!