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reporting the ftse 100 suffered its worst day since last june after mrs may called for the snap poll. but the business telegraph has a more positive stance writing that the resilience of the uk economy had given the prime minister the confidence to seek parliamentary approval for the election. joining us is politicaljournalist james millar who writes for the new statesman, total politics and the international business times, among others. a busy man! thank you for coming in. starting with the telegraph and the issue of timing, this is all about timing. including when the election would have been at theresa may not called a snap election? yes, i mean, the obvious place to start with timing is 1115 yesterday morning when she made the announcement. i ve never seen when she made the announcement. i ve never seen anything like it as an actual surprise in westminster. this is not something that has been done, certainly not since the tony blair yea rs. certainly not since the ....