General Election : Party or Country?

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General Election : Party or Country?

Question Time on BBC1 on 27 Apr was discussing the Election and if it was for the good of the country or for the good of the Tory party. It's plain from the responses that it was cleary a party driven decision however, the same old nonsense about the opposition blocking Brexit etc where trotted out yet no one clearly sees the obvious which is...

When Theresa May called the General Election she said

“After the country voted to leave the EU, Britain needed certainty, stability and strong leadership. Since I became prime minister the government has delivered precisely that,” she then went on to say..

“The country is coming together but Westminster is not. Labour have threatened to vote against the final agreement we reach. The Lib Dems have said they want to grind the business of government to a standstill. Unelected members of the House of Lords have vowed to fight us every step of the way.”

Let's think about that in more detail. Look at the current make up of Westminster
Party Seats
330 Conservative
229 Labour
54 Scottish National Party
9 Liberal Democrat
8 Democratic Unionist Party
4 Independent
4 Sinn Fein
3 Plaid Cymru
3 Social Democratic & Labour Party
2 Ulster Unionist Party
1 Green Party
11 Speaker
1 UK Independence Party
1 Vacant

Total number of seats 650
Working Government Majority 17

The Tories have a majority of 17 seats so that means she can't blame anyone else for opposing her plans, she already has a majority. So she blames everyone else when the truth is, she doesn't have the full support of her party, it's as simple as that. If she had the full support of her party even with a slim majority of 17 she wouldn't need to go to the polls.

Let's make no mistake of her intentions, not only does she want to crush any political oppositon, she wants to silence those in her own party that have the integrity to challenge her opinon.

Theresa May is going win the election there is no doubt about that but we all have the opportunity to deliver a strong oppostion and a smaller majority so use your vote wisely. A vote for the tories is a vote for a dictatorship.

Just Saying...

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