Snap elections: Who is playing games? Theresa May and political opportunism

May named Corbyn directly as the end result if people chose to vote Labour and not Tory

For the second time in less than 12 months, the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, has performed a breathtaking political U-turn. This first took place in June 2016 when she transformed from solid Remainer to fervent Leaver – all in the name of securing the position of Tory leader and PM. Her second came the moment she stood in front of Downing Street to call a snap general election – an election she had repeatedly claimed she would not trigger in the interests of political stability.

According to May’s statement, she now thinks an election