Theresa May’s sudden call for a General Election – to be held on June 8th – caught many by surprise. Having previously said on multiple occasions that she didn’t intend to hold another election, she suddenly changed her mind. The question is why. Some have quickly suggested that, aside from seeking to strengthen her mandate […]
Nigel Farage has explained why he will not stand in the forthcoming and totally unexpected British General Election, set for the 8th of June. The former UK Independence Party leader who Donald Trump nicknamed ‘Mr. Brexit’ has said that the EU Parliament and not the British Parliament will be where the crucial Brexit negotiations take place.
He has a valid point, as the ultimate decision on the nature of Brexit will be between the EU and the UK. Internal British arguments will merely be the preamble to presenting a final proposal to be debated in Brussels.
Theresa May ruled out an early snap general election on the Andrew Marr show on 4 September 2016 on the grounds that the country needed stability. “I think the next election will be in 2020”, she said. Fast-forward to 18 April 2017, explaining her decision to hold a general election on 8 June 2017, she said:
With a general election in Britain to take place in just over a month, many people’s eyes will be on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Corbyn was to be the man who would once and for all purge the Blairite, globalist, neo-liberal factions from the Labour party and return it to traditional working class socialism.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has surprised many by calling for a general election to be held on the 8 of June.
After the Brexit vote in June of last year, many immediately called for a general election in order for Parliament to better reflect the mood of the country in respect of the largely unexpected victory for those favouring Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that a General Election will take place on June 8th.
Britain is ditching the EU as a failed option, and seems to be intent on building a new English-speaking Union together with the United States and with the nations of the Commonwealth–the former colonies of the British Empire prior to 1914.
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As British Prime Minister Theresa May continues her ‘damage control’ visit to the Middle East, including a visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday which fell on the second anniversary of the war on Yemen, May speaking from Jordan said “[but] I hope also that people see me as a woman leader, will see what women can achieve and how women can be in significant positions.”
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Former Conservative leader Michael Howard has suggested that British Prime Minister Theresa May “would be prepared to go to war to protect Gibraltar as Margaret Thatcher once did for the Falklands”. His comments have been met with immediate criticism and dubbed ‘inflammatory’.
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, right, and Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, hold a bilateral meeting before the start of the G20 summit, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. (Narendra Shrestha/AP)
As the UK triggered its divorce from the European Union on Wednesday, Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is already working to secure new trade partnerships and deals in the Middle East.
