"That's what I have always believed in, it's what I still believe and I still do it- as Prime Minister, as a constituency MP, I still go out and knock on doors in my constituency". She added that she hoped it would bring about unity during a hard time as the United Kingdom negotiated the terms of Brexit.
"I have concluded that the only way to guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead is to hold this election and seek your support for the decisions I must take", she said.
The Prime Minister said "I believe in campaigns where politicians actually get out and about and meet with voters".
Jeremy Corbyn lionized the Labour Party as being the only party that is focussed on living wages, debt, child poverty, and a severely beleaguered National Health System. Another Tory broken promise.
Only this year the new Chancellor pledged to eradicate the deficit by 2022. "Why should anyone believe a word they say over the next seven weeks?"
Broadcaster ITV says it will hold a live election debate ahead of the general election despite Theresa May's refusal to go head-to-head with Jeremy Corbyn.
They are a chance to hear, in a prime-time TV slot, what party leaders offer and how robustly they can defend their ideas, he said.
Corbyn, however, wasn't having any of it. He rebuked Theresa May for not being willing to debate her record on national television.
John McDonnell accused her of "running scared" of Labour by backing away from a TV showdown.
For Michael Hewson, an analyst at CMC Markets, the elections could also help May by "diluting the influence of the more extreme elements of her own party on the Brexit process".
A general election would add to a period of extraordinary turbulence in British politics.
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Within China, there is talk about playing a key card to pressure North Korea - cutting off oil supplies to the Kim Jong-un regime. Trump was hopeful China would use its influence in the region to pressure the North to abandon its weapons program.
The election will be held on June 8, almost a year after 52 percent of Britons voted to leave the European Union (EU). With snap elections, they will now be held on June 8.
As Home Secretary she was responsible for a tightening of immigration rules, and her tenure as Prime Minister has seen her put immigration control - from both within and outside the European Union - at the heart of her agenda, despite warnings that it could damage efforts to secure trade deals, including one with India. That's what I've fought for all my life and for now I'm not going to be fighting for those things in the House of Commons. Scotland overwhelmingly opted to Remain in last year's Brexit referendum.
"Yesterday [Theresa May] changed her mind, not for the good of the country, but for reasons of simple party advantage".
The move was a shock on many levels, not least of all the short amount of time until the election, nor the fact that Theresa May has been vehemently against such a move for some time now. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the media outside the Palace of Westminster in London.
Conservative lawmakers have rallied behind Mrs.
The Prime Minister has refused to get drawn in saying she'll debate the issues with voters across the country instead.
Former Conservative Justice Secretary and staunch Leave campaigner Michael Gove said he knew Mrs.
So far, the odds of a strong Tory win in the 2017 United Kingdom general election are looking bright.
The Sun, Britain's top-selling newspaper, splashed the headline "Blue Murder" - a reference to the Conservatives' party colour and the prospect of Labour losing dozens of seats.
But Mr Corbyn is apparently facing an uphill struggle, with a fresh YouGov opinion poll for the Times giving the Tories a 24-point lead over Labour, despite his denial that his party's defeat is a "foregone conclusion".
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