Downing Street denies rumors of snap general election as Brexit date announced

‘Prime Minister Theresa May’s representatives were forced to deny rumors a snap general election was being planned to coincide with the start of the official process of Britain’s exit from the European Union.
According to unnamed sources in the Times, the Conservative Party chairman and its chief whip met during the weekend to debate a run to the ballot box as early as May 4 – the day of several local elections across the country. Article 50, signalling the start of the Brexit process will officially be triggered on March 29.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party was also preparing for “war,” as the Tories lead in opinion polls by an 18-point margin.
Talking to the BBC’s Sunday Politics, the party’s election coordinator, Andrew Gwynne, said Labour would support a Commons motion calling for a snap poll.’
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