Thought I'd start a new thread as this is going to be a major talking point this year...have not made up my mind yet...(unlike bucksfizz)....but thinking of voting for an exit as Europe is not doing Britain any good at all it seems....

Party responses (most are broadly in favour) in brief:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-general-election-live-statement-10246815

Bring back, Nigel and Boris.

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I wonder what the lies on the tory bus adverts will be this time?

Forgot to buses have been confiscated for tory fiddling of expenses.

(A well-known tory complaint during a period of austerity for all. (Sorry some.))

hey fred, you can get off your arse and vote for the mccluskey muppet puppet

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imo TM is turning into a very fine PM

calling an early GE is always something of a gamble that can backfire, but i would very much hope to see her returned with a decent majority so she can get on with dealing with the Brussels plutocrats without fear of being derailed by SNP and others

Why must theresa called a snap election and crash the market now???? Why???

per above :-)

Maybe Brexit will be reversed if she's voted out.

and you're worried about today's hiccough???????

Manuel,

I was asked today if being a liar was now a necessity for being a tory party MP?

I was told it was only a necessity for a Con party PM.

is that so :-)

so can you be relied upon to cast a vote for (almost) the first time in your life?

i understand that the bookies give that even longer odds that the mccluskey muppet puppet winning the upcoming ge ..... but no doubt that is an outrageous lie

At the moment separating fact from fiction in UK politics and World politics is very difficult and most often impossible.


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Political statements of policies seem to be made for this reason:

“It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What ("matters is") if I hold my readers?”
― Arthur Conan Doyle

Doesn't stop you boring the socks of everyone ad nauseam on here though does it .

Giggles,

Are are you trolling?

Martini and Dil,

Better than a cartoon. But I do admire your choice of girlfriend.

"Theresa May can never be trusted on anything she says ever again. She is a patently dishonest politician who cannot keep her word, because for her, partisan self-interest is more important. Her position was clear. A few weeks ago, May’s spokesperson said: “There isn’t going to be one. It isn’t going to happen. There is not going to be a general election.”

May claims that her U-turn on a snap general election was driven by the threat of Brexit being obstructed by parliament. This is a lie. There is no obstruction. To the chagrin of many ardent remainers, Labour voted through article 50 and emphasised it would respect the will of the British people.

Live General election 2017: poll suggests voters back Theresa May U-turn - Politics live
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May was the remainer who reinvented herself as a hard Brexiteer, again for partisan self-interest. May was the leader who allowed her chancellor to break a key Tory election pledge on national insurance, only to U-turn when the betrayal became impossible to argue for because of her small majority.

She said that now wasn’t the time for a Scottish independence referendum because of the instability it would cause, and then plumps for an unnecessary general election. She announced a pause on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station and then – under pressure from China’s regime – U-turned."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/18/labour-jeremy-corbyn-time-to-fight-theresa-may



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I am not voting for her. She's a traitor.

Are you in her constituency? Never mind, she will romp home.

BREXIT means BREXIT!!!.

Don't look now....



http://www.cityam.com/263086/former-lib-dem-business-secretary-vince-cable-seeking

I frankly think TM will win with a nice majority...the reason for this snap election is that she probably wants to be in a strong position and avoid divisions within the Tory party...Brexit therefore becomes easier....the Scottish referendum could be out of sight in the distant future if at all....leaving the EU with everything that implies taking precedence over the Caledonian troubles...tactical prowess by the PM ?...

Wow Fred a politician changes their mind hold the front page !

Dil,

How often do you change your mind??