Bank of America Merrill Lynch UK economist Robert Wood and his team, said a large Tory majority government as being hugely beneficial to Britain's Brexit negotiations in a note to clients.
If the ruling Conservative party obtains a big majority in the general election in June this year, it will make it more likely for Britain to seal a trade transitional deal - a leeway period or phased process of implementation of Brexit agreements for the United Kingdom with the European Union.
May returned from an Easter break in the Welsh mountains to announce that she would make a televised statement on an undisclosed subject early Tuesday outside 10 Downing St. Speculation swirled and the pound plunged against the dollar amid uncertainty about whether she planned to resign, call an election or even declare war.
May's Conservatives now hold 330 House of Commons seats and Labour 229.
Dominic Raab has suggested there's no need for Theresa May to take part in a live debate with Jeremy Corbyn ahead of the General Election - as she debates the Labour leader live on TV every week.
May is hoping to gain a bigger majority in Parliament for her Conservatives, strengthening her negotiating hand with the EU. Why are we voting again?
Theresa May easily cleared the hurdle needed under the Fixed Term Parliament Act to bring the poll forward from the scheduled date of 2020.
If the election is approved Wednesday, Parliament will be dissolved on May 2, sparking nearly six weeks of campaigning.
'I was pleased to vote in favour of holding a General Election, as it is clear we must secure the strong and stable leadership the country needs, guiding us through Brexit and beyond.
Both Sturgeon's Scottish Nationalists and the Liberal Democrats want Britain to remain in the EU's single market-something May has ruled out, along with a referendum on any deal she wins.
NASA sees the formation of early Atlantic Ocean Tropical Depression 1
The depression had sustained winds of 35 miles per hour with higher gusts, and it was moving northwest at 14 miles per hour . According to hurricane forecasters, the storm was 730 miles west-southwest of the Azores and was moving north at 14 mph.
Farron, who stood for the North West Durham seat in the 1992 election alongside May - she came second, he came third - reminded her that at the time she had criticised the Labour incumbent for skipping public debates.
By contrast, Labour has struggled to form a strategy over Brexit, while Corbyn's left-wing leadership is opposed by many of his more centrist MPs.
Labour has said it will back the government on Brexit as long as certain conditions are respected, such as retaining strong economic ties with the European Union and defending workers' and environmental rights.
However, this has upset some members of the public who believe she is forgetting about the historic European Union referendum.
The Conservative lead over Labour has stretched to 24 points in a new opinion poll carried out since the snap general election was called.
"What do we know that the leader of the Labour Party, the leader of the Liberal Democrats and the leader of the Scottish nationalists have in common?" she asked parliament.
But one of last year's strongest pro-European voices, former Conservative finance minister George Osborne, will not seek re-election.
The British parliament is due to vote Wednesday on May's call for the election as she tries to make strong gains against the opposition before tough Brexit negotiations.
Its lawmakers abstained during Wednesday's vote.
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