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British PM Theresa May to seek snap election for June 8

| | Apr 19, 2017, at 12:11 am
London, Apr 18 (IBNS): In a major announcement, British Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed her plan to call a snap general election on June 8.

She said the nation needed stability and strong leadership after the EU referendum.

May was quoted as saying by BBC: "I have concluded the only way to guarantee certainty and security for years ahead is to hold this election."

The PM will need the backing of the Parliament to hold a vote before the next scheduled date of 2020.

In a historic day of geo-political bloodbath, Britain last year chose to leave the European Union after a majority of 52 percent voted in its favour in a referendum, severing a tie since 1973, thus forcing former Prime Minister David Cameron who had put his neck on the line by an aggressive pro-EU campaign, to resign.

 

Image: Official Twitter handle of Theresa May

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