May was right to call an election

Theresa May's decision to call a snap general election was an astute move.

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Theresa May needs a strong mandate
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Theresa May's decision to call an early general election was an "abrupt reversal" of her earlier insistence that she wouldn't hold one until 2020. But it is nevertheless "the right decision", says the Financial Times. "Britain is embarking on the most important constitutional change in postwar history." A strong mandate will help May remain on her current pragmatic course (recognising that a transitional period is required after Britain's departure from the EU, and that migrants are needed) and lessen the risk of being "held hostage by minority pressure groups".

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Emily Hohler
Politics editor

Emily has worked as a journalist for more than thirty years and was formerly Assistant Editor of MoneyWeek, which she helped launch in 2000. Prior to this, she was Deputy Features Editor of The Times and a Commissioning Editor for The Independent on Sunday and The Daily Telegraph. She has written for most of the national newspapers including The Times, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The Daily Mail, She interviewed celebrities weekly for The Sunday Telegraph and wrote a regular column for The Evening Standard. As Political Editor of MoneyWeek, Emily has covered subjects from Brexit to the Gaza war.

Aside from her writing, Emily trained as Nutritional Therapist following her son's diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes in 2011 and now works as a practitioner for Nature Doc, offering one-to-one consultations and running workshops in Oxfordshire.