U.K. General Election 2017 (and its consequences)

[timsk]

A member has started this thread about how to trade the election but, in view of the interest in Atilla's threads on Brexit and Trump respectively, I thought it might be an idea to have a thread to discuss the politics of it. So here it is!

And an obvious way to kick it off is to pose this question . . .
Is this an election in any real sense - or is it simply a coronation for Mrs. May?
Tim.

 

[Trader333]

Much of it has to do with increasing the majority to allow Tory policy on Brexit to be enacted without any real opposition. That and being able to increase tax / NI as it will not be a manifesto pledge to not do so as was the case in the 2015 general election all IMHO of course.