My sources in Westminster say that it was the chance to be elected for a “full five more years” that was the deciding factor for calling the election, along with there being a “window” for a summer election before the European Union agrees its negotiating position and the German elections later this year.
Add Theresa May’s runaway lead in the opinion polls (some putting her at 50 per cent), and a hopeless and divided Labour opposition, and you have as close to a winning hand as any PM could ever hope for. Oh, and expect the Conservative manifesto to include a specific election mandate not to hold another referendum (any time soon) on Scottish independence.
