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On 31st January 2016, my partner and I left Southampton to start a new life as Expats in Gran Alacant, on the Costa Blanca. This blog will document our journey, as we navigate the Spanish system, travelling a path untried and untested. With Brexit looming, political turmoil in Europe and an unpredictable future, harsh decisions have to be made. Illness, family bonds and a Change of heart all make for challenging times in a life of a 'Roaming Brit!'

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Election Disaster - Crisis in Westminster!

9/6/2017

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What a terrible election disaster for Britain, yesterday. Theresa May, called a General Election, believing she would win a resounding victory, giving her the mandate she needed to carry through, strong, decisive Brexit negotiations with Europe. Well, as we now know, her gamble spectacularly failed. We are  in a position, where Theresa May has lost her House of Commons majority; in percentage terms, the Conservative party won 44% of the vote, closely followed by Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party, on an incredible 41%, a figure, that has handed victory to previous Governments in the past.

Theresa May has now embraced the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), as working partners; no formal arrangement has  been made, although may happen in the future. With one seat to be declared, in Kensington, it looks like the Conservative Party will have 319 seats, 7 short of the 326 needed to form a Government. The DUP has won 10 seats; with their support, there will be enough seats to push Mrs May through the winning post, just!

Coalition Governments are not a problem, on the surface. Clearly the public voted in such a way, that they wanted parties to work together, in the national interest. No bad thing, under the circumstances, Britain finds itself in, at a time of national crisis. There is however a problem here. Theresa called this election, to cement a mandate for negotiations in Brussels. She is now weaker than ever, and would have a difficult time thrashing out the best deal for Britain. Her strong 'Hard Brexit' wish, is now well and truly over. Her new partners, the DUP, want a softer outcome; her manifesto looks to be in jeopardy. The DUP itself, are in my view, extremist; they have links with Irish terrorists; they are homophobic, anti gay marriage and anti abortion. These are not the sort of people, Theresa May should jump into bed with too quickly.

I am personally no fan of Jeremy Corbyn. His left wing socialist views are too extreme for me and I believe he would have thrown Britain into further economic decline. Having said that, he fought a brilliant campaign, which engaged the electorate, especially the young, who want to see real change. They got out and voted for him in their millions. Jeremy Corbyn's position, as leader of the Labour Party looks to be secure; even those from his own party,  who critisised him in the past, are rallying behind him. This man could be our next Prime minister, if, as I believe will happen, the United Kingdom is thrown into a second election, probably in October, as any deal done, between the Tories and DUP collapses.

So what now? It is time for Theresa May to go. She is damaged, beyond repair and should do the honourable thing. The only reason she secured the number of seats she did, is because of the collapse in the SNP vote in Scotland, allowing Scottish Conservatives, to win an extra 12 seats in the Country. Her credibility, terrible campaign, where she came across as robotic and arrogant and her inability to get her message across, has made her a lame duck Prime minister; not great when you are heading into Brexit dialogue, She may well be kept in power by the DUP, but this will only last in the short term. All political arrangements collapse unceremoniously in the end. She will be forced to call an election eventually.

Theresa May needs to resign and let someone, far more able, less divisive and genuinely popular, take over as Prime minister. My fear is, it will not happen and my Country of birth is in for a turbulent time, once again, which may, just may, rub off on those of us, who live in Spain. Today is not a great day; this is the worst possible outcome and changes need to be made, quickly, so stability can return, once again to Britain as we begin talks with the EU!

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