It's expected that they will increase their majority in this election and that should strengthen May's position as they face into Brexit negotiations as well as silencing some of the more vocal backbenchers in the party.
Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday called for a snap general election on June 8, in a surprise announcement as Britain prepares for delicate negotiations on leaving the European Union.
The country is coming together, but Westminster is not.
The dramatic announcement caps almost a year of tumult in British politics following the Brexit vote in June 2016 that included the resignation of May's predecessor David Cameron and her rapid rise to power last year.
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...However, her decision to quit the EU's barrier-free single market, confirmed when she launched the two-year Brexit countdown last month, saw that give way to a determination to close ranks across the bloc and drive a hard bargain with London to discourage imitators.
The world of politics has been given quite a stir with Theresa May's shock announcement of an early general election in June.
If the polls are to be believed, and we have little else to go on, Labour will lose seats to the Conservatives in England, but there will be little change in Scotland.
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh said it was a big success for the Indian government as well as the finance ministry. But I will wait for the MEA to come out with the report, with the confirmation that he has indeed been arrested.
May is capitalising on her runaway lead in the opinion polls and she could win around 100 additional seats in parliament.
Although even many die-hard Labour supporters seemed resigned to defeat, some on the left welcomed the chance to vote against what they see as the potentially disastrous policy of a complete break with Europe.
It is not expected that the outcome of the Election will affect the European Union 27 negotiating position on Brexit, but it does strengthen her hand to the extent that her final deal will not be perceived as being at risk of rejection by the two Houses. Leaders of European Union states are due to adopt negotiating guidelines at an April 29 summit, and the bloc will prepare detailed plans for the talks with Britain by late May.
This is despite the fact that prior to the referendum, with the exception of the DUP, the majority of MPs from all parties who declared their position were in favour of remaining in the EU. He said Tuesday that Labour's election platform in June would be for a more equal society and economy, and "a Brexit that works for all". Since the snap election announcement, it's been revealed the Tories are riding high in the polls on 43%, a 17-point lead over Labour's 26%. Only one election (on 7 May 2015) has actually taken place under the new cycle. At least it presents an opportunity to be able to produce the clarity that a simple Leave-Remain referendum could not do.
Sturgeon said Tuesday that May was seeking "to crush the voices of people who disagree with her".
It was "all the more important", she said, "that Scotland is protected from a Tory (Conservative) Party which now sees the chance of grabbing control of government for many years to come and moving the United Kingdom further to the right - forcing through a hard Brexit and imposing deeper cuts in the process".
The Scottish National Party now holds 54 of Scotland's 59 seats in the British Parliament, making it the third-largest party there.
No one was expecting the British election as May has univocally stated there will not be one, but the surprise u-turn sent FTSE down some 2.46%, Pound is up to months high and so is Bitcoin, rising slightly around 1.50%.
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