{"id":5513,"date":"2019-10-31T12:38:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/?p=5513"},"modified":"2020-07-31T14:45:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:45:32","slug":"all-i-want-for-chirstmas-is-a-snap-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/2019\/10\/31\/all-i-want-for-chirstmas-is-a-snap-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"All I want for Christmas\u2026.is a snap general election!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2018\/02\/a43792be25e33138c120cbf7a74be9d93b0d0edf.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3086\" width=\"238\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2018\/02\/a43792be25e33138c120cbf7a74be9d93b0d0edf.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2018\/02\/a43792be25e33138c120cbf7a74be9d93b0d0edf-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2018\/02\/a43792be25e33138c120cbf7a74be9d93b0d0edf-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2018\/02\/a43792be25e33138c120cbf7a74be9d93b0d0edf-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2018\/02\/a43792be25e33138c120cbf7a74be9d93b0d0edf-680x451.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The gauntlet is down. The House of Commons has (finally!) agreed to Boris Johnson\u2019s push for an early general election, backed by most of the other parties in Parliament. On 12 December 2019 &#8211; the first winter general election since 1923, &#8211; voters will go to the polls in the second snap general election in just over two years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>For the two big parties, this will undoubtedly be a\ndifficult election. Notwithstanding the rhetoric welcoming an opportunity to go\nto the polls, both Labour and the Conservatives are in for a tough electoral\nride. As voting intentions currently stand, the Conservatives remain\nsubstantially ahead of Labour, but as became evident during Theresa May\u2019s\nill-fated 2017 election, the impact of campaigning goes a long way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does seem certain, however, is that the 2019 election\nwill deliver a significant number of non-Labour and Conservative\nparliamentarians. Given the position of the Liberal Democrats in the polls,\nthere is an expectation that they will do well, while in Scotland the SNP looks\nset to win the lion\u2019s share of seats, hoping to repeat the record-breaking\nvictory it secured in 2015 (winning 56\/59 seats). In the event of a hung\nparliament, these smaller parties will play a leading role. It really is all to\nplay for!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brexit will no doubt dominate the campaign in the run up to\nthe election. The parties, of course, will put forward other proposals in their\nmanifestoes, but the Brexit dispute is far from over. With the Conservatives\u2019\nproposition of \u2018getting Brexit done\u2019, the Lib Dems support for revoking Article\n50, and Labour\u2019s plan for renegotiation and then referendum, there will be no\nlet-up in the Brexit debate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will Johnson win a majority? Will Labour blaze ahead in the polls? What will the result mean for Brexit? Will the \u2018stop Brexit\u2019 message of the Lib Dems pay dividends for the party? Over the next few weeks we\u2019ll publish a series of posts tackling these big questions. Watch this space! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr Paul Anderson is a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gauntlet is down. The House of Commons has (finally!) agreed to Boris Johnson\u2019s push for an early general election, backed by most of the other parties in Parliament. 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