Labour Party.

[gulliver1]

Labour are surging ahead of the Tory Party.... again... in leaps and bounds .
If a General Election was called for this May ..The Tories wouldn't stand a chance.
................The Tories Would be the..... Opposition party..... for at least the next Ten Years...

[Sqad]

Yes, you may well be correct, however the next election is not this May.

[THECORBYLOON]

If Boris resigns or is hoyed out, the next PM might want to call an early election.

[ToraToraTora]

I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave some weeks ago: https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Politics/Question1775033.html

[CrapAtCryptics]

Entirely supposition - we need a strong opposition but Labour has never shown any signs of being good enough for that and certainly not for Government.

[gulliver1]

Sqad @ 12.40 """""IF a General Election was called for this May"""" ( IF)""

[johnny.5]

sorry
but what is the question ?

[Sqad]

Yes Gulliver you are correct...........-;)

[Peter Pedant]

// If a General Election were called for this May ..The Tories wouldn't stand a chance.//

but they wont - - closed conditional - [imperfect subj in the protasis and conditional in the apodosis. Easy peasy. too much detail for AB]

and if Queen Victoria were to grow another set of horns - yeah yeah OK got it

[New Judge]

//If Boris resigns or is hoyed out, the next PM might want to call an early election.//

The question, though (which I believe has been asked before) is why on Earth would he or she do that if there was a fairly good chance of defeat? Assuming the election was enabled under the "two thirds" provision of the Fixed Term Parliament Act (and not under a vote of no confidence which would require about 40 Tory MPs to support that vote of no confidence in the government formed by their own party) that vote would need around 150 Conservative MPs to vote in favour of dissolving Parliament when many of them may well lose their seats. The new PM may prove to be one of the shortest serving in history and I don't think it's on, somehow.

[Peter Pedant]

was called
no - - were called - were called
you cant have an imperfect indicative( was ) with future intent (May 22)
it is a - - - tense subject

[ToraToraTora]

bang on judge, any new Tory leader would have to be radio rental to risk a 70+ majority, they'd hope to rebuild support and wipe the floor with Labour as usual in 2024.

[gulliver1]

The Tories could call a G/E ...,..They do some stupid things at times.
..Just look how the idiots Chose Boris as their Leader

[royfromaus]

The Labour party is still in disarray and the shadow of Corbyn is still lurking. They wouldn't win an election if it took place tomorrow.

[dannyk13]

There should be a fiction category for this type of post.

[ichkeria]

New PM’s usually get a poll “bounce”
though
The bottom line is: if the polls look favourable there might be an early election assuming parliament votes for it.
If not, there won’t

[gulliver1]

Clear Blue Water ....is getting very Muddy.....these days .. I like it.

[THECORBYLOON]

Jacob Rees-Mogg believes a new leader should call a general election.

[ichkeria]

That might have been to scare MPs thinking of voting for a change of leader

[gulliver1]

TCL @ 13.39 ......So do I .

[gulliver1]

Ichkeria @ 13.45 You are probably correct.