It puts her up against Corbyn, who may not have been able to hold out against an unruly caucus forever.
The downside to calling an election just seven weeks before polling day is that political parties may now rush through manifestos which are ill-considered and fiscally irresponsible.
May's decision to call elections is not without risks. When it comes to immigration, she is far tougher, and has insisted on keeping global student numbers within the migration figures.
In the ICM survey, 57 per cent of respondents said May was doing a good job, compared to just 24 per cent who thought she was doing a bad job. The election is supposed to be over before it even begins.
Her credibility as the leader to achieve this has been shaped fiercely over the past year under the guidance of director of communications Katie Perrior. Mission ccomplished, Mr. Cameron would then humbly accept the thanks of a grateful nation.
The polls said Brexit would lose, and he'd win.
At the moment, Ms.
The move was welcomed by leaders of the Liberal Democrats and Labour parties, parliamentary approval for an election on June 8th is nearly certain.
Not since 1974 has Britain gone to the polls at such a turbulent time. Barring even bigger surprises over the next two months, Ms. May will do with it?
"With concerns of the (U.S. President Donald) Trump agenda being pushed out a little bit and with the geopolitical tensions, this (earnings disappointments) is not the kind of news you needed", said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Boston Private Wealth.
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After U.S. withdrew from the Trans-Pacific trade pact, the U.S. has been keen to establish bilateral deals with Japan. Both Sinotruk and Triangle said they were unaware that their products were used in North Korea's military parade.
Sitting Conservative MP Andrew Jones backed Remain in the referendum and also had a majority of more than 16,000 in 2015.
If May seriously believes that an election victory will improve her negotiating position in Britain, she is making a mistake. When word went out early Tuesday that she was to make an announcement an hour later, rumors about what she would say rumbled across the country, touching on everything from the possible death of the queen to the announcement of direct rule in Northern Ireland. May is faced with at least three giant problems. First, her and her party's overconfidence. So far we have seen the PM take a fairly conciliatory approach in the Brexit negotiations.
With Brexit negotiations due to conclude by 2019 - and a second referendum on Scottish independence on the horizon - the calendar was tilted against May. Britain wants to leave the European Union but negotiate its way back into free trade and other ties with the bloc; Brussels' position is get out already, and then we'll talk. They have forced the government to back down on a number of issues.
As recently as March, Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Union commission president, said he hoped the United Kingdom would rejoin the EU.
Both Boris Johnson and Amber Rudd were told before Tuesday morning's cabinet meeting. That's because Scotland is resolutely pro-EU.
The government of the Irish Republic also expressed concern that the early election could damage the chances of resolving a political crisis in the British province of Northern Ireland.
So what is this election about?
May has repeatedly said she does not want to be distracted by time-consuming campaigning - but opinion polls give her a strong lead, the economy is weathering the Brexit vote and she has faced opposition from her own party for some of her domestic reforms.
As the writer Robert Harris and the broadcaster James O'Brien suggested, it might also be in May's own self-interest, and that of her party, to ask the nation for a five-year term now, before the costs of Brexit become apparent.
Dunt said she's taking advantage of her 20 point lead in the polls, before the economic and political effects of Brexit are felt by the public. Maybe. But surprise is the great constant in politics.
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