And the result is...

Will the PM regret calling this General Election?  You can see the reasoning - it's an appointment book thing.  The 4th May 2020 (the date specified for the next election by the Fixed Parliament Act) and the run-up thereto, might well have clashed with any post-Brexit shenanigans.  Better not to take the risk.  But if there's one thing the referendum here, and the Presidential election over the water have taught us - or should have - it is not to take "the will of the people" for granted.  People do the strangest things for the strangest reasons. It seems inconceivable that the Conservatives will not end up with a significantly increased majority - but you never know!