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.
The Tories have tactically announced the forthcoming election, knowing full well that they were 21 points ahead in the polls (as of April 18th 2017) despite the rapid pace in which leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn was gathering support.
Theresa May claims that the election was called “in the national interest” – but may couldn’t help but feel that there was more to it. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition weighed in on the news and said that he welcomed the decision and was willing to back the decision in the house of commons.
“I welcome the prime minister’s decision to give the British people the chance to vote for a government that will put the interests of the majority first. Labour will be offering the country an effective alternative to a government that has failed to rebuild the economy, delivered falling living standards and damaging cuts to our schools and NHS.
“In the last couple of weeks, Labour has set out policies that offer a clear and credible choice for the country. We look forward to showing how Labour will stand up for the people of Britain.”
However, what happened over the next few weeks was to take the Prime Minister by surprise – Corbyn wasn’t going to take this lying down. And so. We’ve continued to see a staggering amount of young people develop an interest in electoral politics after feeling as though they had been abandoned by it for so long.
SNAP!
words: Abbi Parcell