Theresa May's snap election gamble, explained
- Written by Garret Martin, Professorial Lecturer, American University School of International Service
Theresa May, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, decided on April 18 to dissolve Parliament and hold snap elections on June 8. The motion easily secured the required two-thirds majority in the U.K.‘s House of Commons.
The decision marks a stunning reversal and has surprised many people in her own government and abroad. May had...