On the 18th of April the prime minister made a unscheduled
statement saying, "We need a general election and we
need one now because we have at this moment a one-off
chance to get this done while the European Union agrees its
negotiating position..."
This comes after her last claim that general elections will be
held in 2020. By pushing elections 3 years early, May hopes
to take advantage of the opinion polls putting her 21 points
clear of Labour.
According to historic data on the UK polling report this is
the highest lead for any party since 2009! The historic lead
will no doubt come as a fresh blow to Jeremy Corbyn and
the Labour Party.
But the Labour leader has said: "I welcome the prime
minister's decision to give British people the chance to vote
for a government that will put the interests of the majority
first."
With campaigning already underway, after the House of
Commons backed Theresa May's call for a early election,
June is looking to be one eventful month.
2017 / ISSUE 98
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Sweden opens up the world's
first recycling mall, ReTuna
Återbruksgalleria. Dropped
off goods are refurbished and
repaired before they are sorted
into the mall's 14 shops.
Gay men are being rounded up
and imprisoned in Chechnya's
concentration camps. Reports
claim that prisoners are
subjected to torture and
beatings daily.
New EU legalisation will cut off
a major source of income for
armed groups using mineral
trade. Companies must now
provide certified sources for
imported minerals.
El Salvador is the first country
to ban toxic mining. The bill
prohibits the exploration and
mining of metals above or within
the earth.
West African migrants are being
traded and sold in modern-day
slave markets in Libya. Survivors
claim that the trade is so
commonplace, it is even done in
open public spaces.
SWEDEN RUSSIA EU EL SALVADOR LIBYA
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'I AM NOT GOING TO BE CALLING A SNAP
GENERAL ELECTION' - MAY RECANTS!
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Theresa May "reluctantly" calls for a general election on June the 8th.
