How long is two months in politics?

I posted a diary on the same, could you delete it please as I've forgotten how

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And Labour immediately say they will vote in favour. Disappointing - May had spent months saying she was against it, the law had been changed to make parliament a fixed term... and at the first opportunity, all this is reverted, yet Labour do not point out the hypocrisy...

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

Gosh, so much to untangle.

I think this is all about internal Tory party politics. She talks about wanting to get all her brexit legislation through, yet she has a working majority of 20.

So, this means that she fears a sufficient minority of Tories will not support some of all of the brexit negotiating positions she wishes to adopt.

Also, as somebody noted, this is a rather extreme way of avoiding the investigations into electoral fraud from the 2015 GE, of which there are an embarrasingly large number.

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Party thoughts. Bearing in mind that I resigned as a political predictor after last year where I went 0 for 2 big time.

The tories have to win big. They have a colossal lead in the polls; anything less than a 100 majority will, perversely, be seen as a defeat.

The Lib Dems will win big. They should at least recover back to the 50 they accumulated under NuLab. They are the only consistently pro-Remain party in England and will campaign hard in areas that were remain.

The SNP have nowhere to go really, they have nearly every seat. It's unlikely there will be any substantive change in representation in Scotland.

Labour. Oh dear. Anything could happen. It is entirely possible they could be destroyed electorally as the LibDems were last time. It is also possible (although less so), if they campaign effectvely against austerity, the NHS, pensions and benefits (and effectively is the key word), that they might eat into the Tory majority.

Theirs is the wild card.

Given my recent form I am reluctant but here's my view of what will happen;-

Tories will gain 30 - 50 seats

LibDems will gain 50 - 100 seats.

Labour destroyed

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Hi everyone. What is exactly the goal of this election? Is it just May seeking popular legitimacy? The damage is done...

Like Asterix would say: these English are crazy!

You might find me At The Edge Of Time.

Political Scrapbook - Claims May called an election to escape Tory expenses scandal

The official line is that Theresa May called the general election on June 8 to win a stronger hand in Brexit negotiations. But some political observers have suggested she has an ulterior motive - burying the Tory election expenses scandal.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is currently investigating claims that up to 20 Tory MPs broke constituency spending limits at the 2015 general election.

The Tories are alleged to have committed "election fraud" by registering spending on a national bus tour, accommodation for activists and staffing costs, as national spending rather than local spending - meaning many candidates may have gone over spending limits.

The CPS are due to give their verdict on the allegations at the end of next month or the beginning of June - a coincidence that hasn't escape Channel 4 journalist Michael Crick, Guardian's Rowena Mason and Sky's Jon Craig:

This has been bubbling for some time. However, I've always been slightly skeptical that it would ever get to trial simply because that something the UK establishment allows. I doubt that will change now we are in a new election season.


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May rides high on nationalistic retardation and Labour polls miserably for lots of reasons. In a few years and a million hours of boring all night negotiation sessions that the EU loves so much even the most committed Kipper will get bored of the Brexit show and since the NHS is still being murdered Corbyn might get a lot  more traction despite all of Labour's other problems.
I'm really not surprised they are going for it now.

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