British prime minister Theresa May is about to take a huge political gamble.  She has called for general elections at the earliest possible moment – in this case, June 8. May is looking for a larger conservative majority to be able to implement her Brexit plan.  Stiff opposition in Parliament has threatened to derail the entire Brexit process, so May felt she had little choice but to call for a new vote. BBC: "I have only recently and reluctantly come to this conclusion. Since I became prime minister I've said there should be no election until 2020, but now I have concluded that the only way to guarantee certainty and security for the years ahead is to hold this election and seek your support for the decisions we must take." In a statement outside Number 10, Mrs May said Labour had threatened to vote against the final Brexit agreement, the Liberal Democrats had stated they wanted to "grind the business of government to a...(Read Full Post)