Hi Lucille. I think Johnson (or more likely his advisers) think he can increase his majority given his current position in the polls. At present he's got no reliable majority so he sees an election as a way to fix this position. I don't think he wants to put his WAB up for too much scrutiny because he (again, more likely his adviser and the ERG) think , because of the current hung parliament parts of may get amended and ripped apart by opposition parties His big problem is upsetting the DUP. Yes, the LibDems also see this is an opportunity to gain more seats from Labour and Tory remain supporters. And as already noted, their timing of 9th December is probably to do with University holidays. I understand the electoral commission has already said they need something like 6 months to extend voting registration to 16 years old, so that won't happen for a December election. Personally, I think we'll just end up with yet another hung parliament .... our parliamentary system has been broken by the referendum?
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