19 April 2017

An Early Election Is The Right Thing For May And The Country

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Referendums do not resolve anything the way a General Election does. With the SNP clambering for a second independence referendum, and what sort of Brexit we are going to end up with being about as clear as mud from the government since UK voted to leave the EU, Prime Minister May is right to go to Parliament tomorrow and seek a two thirds majority vote for an early election. It does mean we might expect to have an actual detailed plan, not the sort of fuzzy "we want a red, white and blue Brexit." It gives the lie to the PM claims we have been coming together - the exact opposite is why we need this election.

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