A large majority for the Tories would strengthen the Government's hand in negotiating a good Brexit deal and provide "strong and stable leadership in the national interest", she said.
After addressing a rowdy session of the House of Commons, May won the support of 522 lawmakers in the 650-seat parliament for an election on June 8, an easy victory for the prime minister who could see her majority increase by at least 100 seats in the poll.
Lawmakers are due to vote on the motion calling for a June 8 election after a 90-minute debate Wednesday.
Former Liberal Democrat leader, Lord Ashdown says people in former stronghold areas may be changing their minds about Brexit: "I think people did vote for Brexit unquestionably, some, not many yet but I think that [people] are beginning to wonder whether they made the right decision".
Earlier, May said holding an election in June, rather than as scheduled in 2020, would "deliver a more secure future for our country" as it negotiates its departure from the EU.
The pro-Brexit, right-wing newspapers portrayed her decision as an aggressive move to strengthen her hand in the talks with the 27 other European Union members and to crush her domestic opponents.
A victory would give May a powerful mandate extending until 2022, long enough to cover the Brexit negotiations plus a possible transition period into new trading arrangements with the European Union - a prospect that has strengthened the pound.
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Democrat scenario, making it harder for Ossoff to run above the fray as he has leading up to the primary. "Bring it on!" he said. Special elections will hold particular importance for Democrats this year, as Republicans now control both the House and Senate.
Speaking to the Sun, Mrs May revealed a concern that the May 2020 election date stipulated by the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act would leave her vulnerable to pressure from Brussels as she neared the end of the two-year withdrawal negotiations in March 2019. She will likely get it, since Labour has welcomed the early election. Both May and the European Commission have said that negotiations will only start in earnest after the poll. The next United Kingdom general election wasn't scheduled for another three years.
May said that if there is not an election soon, "the negotiations with the European Union will reach their most hard stage in the run-up to the next scheduled election". Theresa May's personal approval rating far exceeds that of left-wing Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has failed to impress at the helm of Britain's Socialists.
"Brexit isn't just about the letter that says we want to leave".
Shortly after Davidson's event, Sturgeon told journalists in Westminster that May's opposition to another referendum would "crumble to dust" if the SNP won the election in Scotland and the Conservatives didn't.
Liberal Democrat leader Farron said that broadcasters should hold debates anyway, with an empty chair in May's place.
However, Davidson said the election result in Scotland will make no difference to the prime minister's opinion about a second referendum.
"The election should hand Theresa May a much bigger mandate to stand up to the harder-line, anti-EU backbenchers who now hold a disproportionate sway over her party's stance on Brexit", said Aberdeen Asset Management investment manager Luke Bartholemew.
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