“I have just chaired a meeting of Cabinet where we agreed that the Government should call a general election to be held on the 8th June. I want to explain the reasons for that decision, what will happen next and the choice facing the British people when you come to vote in this election.”
Okay, strong start. I mean, I do wonder whether anyone around that table – Scotland secretary David Mundell, say (majority: 798) – may have been quietly wetting themselves that they were agreeing themselves out of a job, but nonetheless.
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