Theresa May, the current British Prime Minister, has called a General Election to be held on Thursday 8th June…
(which is a bit of a U-turn - even for her)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39629603
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/theresa-may-uk-general-election-8-june
How do you call an early election? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39630209
Is my understanding correct that this isn’t really expected to change anything substantive? i.e. the people, parliamentary percentages, policies, etc, aren’t really expected to change much at all, but this is really more about getting May out from under that “temporary caretaker government” shadow after Cameron left?