Another General Election?

It's all Nicola Sturgeon's fault - she played the "at least I was elected by the people, and therefore have a mandate" card, and that coupled with all the other dissenters have pushed Theresa May to the point where she feels she needs to get the elephant out of the room for once and for all. Once she wins, she will turn round and tell the rest to put up and shut up basically.

Some might say it is a bit risky, but to be honest, is it really? Corbyn isn't competition of any form and his party is in disarray; the Lib Dems might be gaining some ground back, but people have long memories and won't forgive them for going in with the Tories the last time around. As for UKIP - well, they are almost in as much a mess as Labour.

It is the usual story, we will end up voting for the least sh*t one, as there isn't a decent one amongst them.

 

I really do not have a clue which way to go - being a Scot, voting Tory is akin to soaking oneself in petrol and then jumping into a bonfire. Labour and Corbyn are nothing more than a bad joke, the Lib Dems shafted us the one time I gave my vote to them, so that leaves UKIP who have neither the campaign funding, nor the skills to be in government.

 

I've been a life time Labour voter but I cannot vote Labour while Corbyn and his Thugs are leading the party..
But let's take a step back, forget which party is in power as it's not about Labour, the Liberal Democrats, UKIP, the Conservatives, SNP, etc, despite those not in power wanting it to be.
So, in my view, this election is not about domestic issues but solely about BREXIT and Theresa May wanting her own Mandate and not Cameron's. So why has Theresa May called an election? As FC has pointed out the "Wicked Witch of the North" jibed that she is the elected Leader of the SNP and First Minister while Theresa May was voted in by the Conservative MP's and not by the country, and I think that underlined what May already knew would make her vulnerable to attacks from the other political parties.
I'm pretty sure that she, or anyone else, didn't think that Cameron would call for a Referendum on the EU. But he did and he lost, leaving Theresa May and us are where we are, trying to leave the EU with the best deal we can horse trade for. I think May was truthful in saying that she was reluctant to change her mind about not holding a General Election until 2020 and that the very people who are criticising her for doing so are the very people who pushed her into deciding to call a snap election.
So is this election about domestic issues?, I don't believe so, but I'm sure the other parties will try to make it so. In my opinion the over riding priority is being able to have a Leader who has the Mandate from the people to negotiate BREXIT with the full authority that other parties have tried to undermine by saying she hasn't got that at the moment.
I'm not a Conservative, or really a political animal, at heart but taking into consideration that we are in History changing times and there are no other viable political parties on the horizon I will vote for Theresa May. Note that I haven't said I will vote for the Conservatives, but for Theresa May, in order to give our present Prime Minister the full powers she needs to deal with the present situation that affects all of us. She's taking a risk as she could end up with less of a majority rather than an increase.
Take away the personal Political Parties loyalties and I think Theresa May is very probably the right person, in the right place, in the right time. I look at the other Leaders of the other Political Parties.........and the surer I am. Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, SNP, UKIP, etc, that issue for the present time is, for me, irrelevant. There's a huge political deal to be done so if you want to vote for May, Corbyn, Dodds, Farron, Lucas, etc then exercise your hard won rights, just remember this election is more linked to what happens in the BREXIT negotiations than the narrower domestic issues that some political parties will want you to believe and will campaign for. Nobody wants another election......but we've got one.
As an aside, we're not the only countries undergoing political upheaval, change, and elections. This seems to be a time in Global history where great changes are being made by other countries, similar to 1914, the 1930's and like. I'm not thinking of War just in the great political changes that alter the course of countries drastically which almost seem cyclic throughout history.

 

As usual I'll be voting with my feet.

I just wish they would make those stubby pencils a bit longer as I can never get them between my toes properly.

 

I agree that she has called the election to try and shut up all the nay sayers. The other point is that, assuming she wins, she will not need to call the next election until 2022. This will give her extra time to carry through her policies on Brexit after we leave in 2019.

I've always thought that an election shortly after we finally leave the EU was a ridiculous thing to have. She's being very clever - if she wins.