Admin l Tuesday, April 18, 2017
WESTMINSTER, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister, Theresa May has said she intends to hold early election in June 8th, 2017. She said Britain needed certainty, stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum.
She said “The country is coming together but Westminster is not.”
The House of Commons will vote on the proposed election on Wednesday .”I have concluded the only way to guarantee certainty and security for years ahead is to hold this election,” she said uncertainty is hindering U.K 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.
“I have only recently and reluctantly come to this conclusion. Since I became prime minister I’ve said there should be no election until 2020, but now I have concluded that the only way to guarantee certainty and security for the years ahead is to hold this election and seek your support for the decisions we must take.”
She said Labour had threatened to vote against the final Brexit agreement, the Liberal Democrats had stated they wanted to “grind the business of government to a standstill”, the SNP have said they would vote against the legislation that formally repeals Britain’s membership of the EU – and “unelected” members of the House of Lords had vowed “to fight us every step of the way”.
“If we don’t hold a general election now, their political game-playing will continue and the negotiations with the European Union will reach their most difficult stage in the run up to the next general election,” she said.
