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So it finally happened. This week, an election was officially called.

We look at what the major parties need to do in order to win.

Plus, Trump's gone back into Syria and we look at how the pressures back home are shaping up his foreign policy.

And finally,

Does that sound give you the shivers?

After months of wrangling, a general election has finally been called. In this week's issue, Jane Forsyth writes that with Brexit, Scottish independence, and even the British two-party system all at stake,

this election is the most important since 1945.

So, what do the two major parties need to do in order to win?

Katie Balls talks to Stephen Bush, the new statesman's political editor and Will Tanner,

director of the centre-right think tank onward.

So we have the Tories leading in the polls, plan to win over traditional Labour heartlands,

and an opposition led by Jeremy Corbyn that's looking a little bit shaky.

Stephen, I could be talking about 2017 here if we look at the factors,

but instead of heading to a December election 2019, do you think history is going to

repeat itself?

Well, with the massive sort of caveat that voters are more volatile than they've ever been,

because they're much more willing to shop around.

So they're much more willing, A, to vote for the main other party, but also to vote for

smaller parties,

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