From Daily Mail

"Theresa May has announced a snap general election from the steps of No 10 after meeting her Cabinet this morning. Mrs May said Britain needed strong leadership and insisted an early poll was the 'right approach' and in the 'national interest'. The Premier made the announcement immediately after a long Cabinet meeting with her top team."

So, how many forum members still have a UK vote? I know I had a letter a few weeks ago asking me to re-register, so I guess I need to get on and do it!

Needs a two-third majority vote in Parliament vote tomorrow for a GE on June 8th.
I hope those Expats, who are concerned, have remembered to re-register.

Excellent decision by her I believe. Her timing is superb, as is the speed!

Good point SFD, but I only received The Brexit polling paper a few days before the results were announced, so will never know if it got back to Britain in time.

"Agreed. That woman in Scotland will be most dismayed! Haha."



Shades of Maggie - "there will be no turning back......"

Yet another cracking speech from MT I thought.

Just had a look at the PDF renewal form that they sent me and I have until yesterday to sign it and send it back!

Looks like it has to be a new application.

Sorry, my post should have said

"Yet another cracking speech from TM I thought."

That will be for future voting then.
But not, unfortunately for you, for this proposed GE.

Just reapplied. It says too late for 4 May local elections but okay for any after that!

Presumably until such time as the government votes in favour, it's not a definite election date.

Why a two-thirds majority for this vote when only a minuscular majority carried the referendum through?

Why a two-thirds majority for this vote when only a minuscular majority carried the referendum through?

As if the government hasn't enough on it's plate to contend with, they decide on another waste of money on a GE.
No wonder they cannot fund the NHS, schools, police etc etc when they keep throwing good money after bad.
I give up!!!

Superb decision by May.

Britain IS leaving the EU- failure to flow through on the decision of the British public to leave would effectively mean we no longer live in a democracy, just a sham version where vested political interests determine what is best for Britain at the expense of those who actually make Britain the wonderful tolerant society it is .

We had a democratic choice and we voted to leave- the best way now to get the best deal for Britain (and retain as many of the good aspects of the EU as possible) is for EVERYONE to get behind that decision, and the vast majority of decent democratically minded people realise that. The behaviour of Juncker with he divorce bill and the EU re Gibraltar will only reinforce Britain's resolve to leave this toxic club at a general election

The number of MP's and self serving bitter individuals looking to derail that process never ceases to amaze me- it's time for the British people to insist their MP's get behind the democratic decision to leave the EU and silence those who treat the whole democratic process with contempt, and would look to promote their own agendas and self interests at the expense of their own country and fellow countrymen.

Agree again Ilex, she's played a blinder, and in the best possible position to make such a strategic move!

She was in danger of losing her slim majority.

"The media" would have us believe that the majority of those who voted for Brexit were illiterate, ill informed, morons, probably northerners who traditionally vote Labour

i'm wondering, if a large enough minority disagree with the result, can we have another one?!

Only if you are in Scotland

I remember Sturgeon saying May was not an elected PM and as such did not have a Brexit mandate - that's about to change very quickly

If only Sturgeon would give the Scots the same option to see how her "mandate" for independence stands - but there is absolutely no chance of that happening , is there