Are we heading for an early general election?
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2018
⏱️ 15 minutes
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With Katy Balls and James Forsyth.
Presented by Fraser Nelson.
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| 0:48.8 | Welcome to Coffee House shots for Spectators' Daily Politics Podcast. |
| 0:52.3 | Are we heading for an early general election? |
| 0:55.7 | The newspapers are full of speculation today that the Conservative Party might finally have a breakdown over Brexit sending Theresa May to the polls. I'm Fraser Nelson |
| 1:01.9 | and I'm joined by Katie Balls and James Versafe to discuss. Now Katie, surely the only reason |
| 1:07.7 | to have another election is to have one of the leader who's not Theresa May. |
| 1:11.6 | I mean, the Tories saw what happened last time. They asked her to run a campaign. |
| 1:16.0 | Surely one of the basic laws of politics is if electorates say no the first time, |
| 1:20.8 | they're not going to be any more enthusiastic the second time. |
| 1:23.8 | Yeah, and I think most Tories don't want an early election. |
| 1:27.0 | Most Tories also don't want Theresa May to lead the party into the next election. I think most Tories don't want an early election. Most Tories also don't want |
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