Remembering the many, many times Theresa May said she wouldn't call a snap election
She would never lie to us, would she?
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Consider, if you will, these tweets.
Then consider this.
Hmm.
So: hm. I mean: the first tweets say that Theresa May had said no to a snap election. All caps no, in fact. NO to a snap election. But also she’s definitely called a snap election, hasn’t she. She’s definitely called a snap election.
It’s almost like – and bear with me on this one – it’s almost like Theresa May was having us on when she REPEATEDLY said there wasn’t going to be a snap election.
June, 2016: “there should be no general election until 2020”.
September, 2016: “I’m not going to be calling a snap election”.
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October, 2016: “a general election before 2020 would cause instability”.
March, 2017: “there is not going to be a general election”.
Oh.
Emily Reynolds is a freelance journalist and author specialising in mental health, tech, science and gender. Emily has also written about music, dating, TV and pretty much anything else you can think of. Emily worked at WIRED for a year, writing news and features and appearing on the weekly podcast, and regularly writes for the Guardian, NY Mag, the Observer, New Statesman, the BBC and more.