It's dark days of 1980s again for British OppositionBritish Prime Minister Theresa May calls for an early general election on June 8 in a surprise announcement as Britain prepares for delicate negotiations on leaving the European Union. That was 1983 during the Margaret Thatcher era, and it's deja-vu for Britain's Labour Party more than three decades later under another Conservative premier, Theresa May. Already a number of Labour lawmakers have announced they won't stand for re-election. The party currently has 229 and is defending one seat in a special election on May 4 that now looks redundant. In the 1983 vote, it emerged with 209 seats.

Source: Stuff April 20, 2017 01:22 UTC