8 June: yet another election

[lincolnimp]

Don't you love 2017? So many elections! So. many.

A general election will "guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead" - @Theresa_May https://t.co/AJAEO9hRcQ pic.twitter.com/YDey9nlosb
- BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) 18. April 2017

"UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced plans to call a snap general election on 8 June.

She said

Comments

[grapefruitzzz]

Newsnight featured some spod walking round my suburb and discovering that there are yoghurt-knitting red/yellow/green hippies outside London and then Nick giving George a verbal snuggle.

[grapefruitzzz]

I need to redo my bloody icon again (I did!)

Also Andy is going to stand down as an MP when (it's about 98%) he's made Mayor and thus will disappear from non-North-West-TV eyes. Apart from when they put him on QT to improve the ratings.

[ariana_paris]

Clearly, the last two times the British public were asked to vote went so well that May has decided to make it an annual event...

[softfruit]

It lets Jeremy have his annual leadership contest, which is part of Operation Get Elected Leader Of The Same Party More Times Over Than Nigel.

[ariana_paris]

groan

So looking forward to the spectacle of more Labour mudslinging...