May's call for general election is a reckless gamble with Britain's future

Thu, Apr 27, 2017 - 5:50 AM

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BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May's call for a general election on June 8 is a perilous combination of low risk and high stakes. According to opinion polls, her Conservative government will win a more comfortable majority than the current margin of 330 Members of Parliament (

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