A British General Election will take place within a matter of weeks.
“The country is coming together, but Westminster is not,” announce Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday morning as she announced a vote in the Commons on Wednesday.
The Conservatives need a two-thirds majority to spark a General Election on 8 June, and it is expected that Labour will accept May’s invitation to challenge her and her party for control over the United Kingdom’s government.
In her speech shortly after 11am, May said that the country needs certainty, stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum.
May accused the other political parties of “game playing”, adding that this risks, “our ability to make a success of Brexit and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country.
“So we need a general election and we need one now. We have at this moment a one off chance to get this done.”
Shortly after May’s announcement, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn welcomed the prospect of an election.
I welcome the PM’s decision to give the British people the chance to vote for a government that will put the interests of the majority first pic.twitter.com/9P3X6A2Zpw
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) April 18, 2017
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