2017 British General election fiasco

The motives
She was motivated by the then strong position of the Conservative Party in the opinion polls after the Brexit referendum.

The election is called
Theresa May's calling an early election under the terms of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, was ratified by a 522-to-13 vote in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017.


 * 1) The opertunistic Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn supported the early election and Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron and the Green Party.
 * 2) The SNP stated that it was in favour of fixed-term parliaments and so abstained.
 * 3) Both UKIP leader Paul Nuttall and First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones criticized May for being opportunistic in the timing of the election

The hustings
Within hours of the election being announced, Corbyn, Farron and Sturgeon called for televised debates, but Prime Minister refused and so Corbyn refused taking part in television debates without May. All of them were interviewed and were questioned by the audience in a question an answerers show.

Visiting places
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Poser unveiling
Nick Clegg and Tim Farron disd one each in England. They made little impact. .

TV debates
In the last debate was

Opinion polling
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Islamic terrorism
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The votes are counted
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The result
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Strange reactions
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The Conservative pact with the DUP
The agreed a confidence and supply deal.

Also see

 * 1) Specific elections