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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dobson-photo-article2.jpg2000700After repeatedly ruling out a snap election, this morning British Prime Minister Theresa May announced she will ask Parliament to trigger an election, to be held on June 8. (Under the Fixed Term Elections Act, the House of Commons now holds the prerogative to call elections, requiring a two-thirds majority of MPs to dissolve the […]