But if you look at last years referendum result, you can see why the Prime Minister wants to frame this as a brexit election. The blue areas voted leave. But many of them have labour mps who backed remain. She also wants to attract some of the four million voters who backed ukip last time. General election campaigns can be unpredictable and just two years after the last one, voters must decide again whether there will be dramatic changes to the electoral map of britain. Lets get some more reaction to todays news about an early general election. Our europe editor, katya adler, is in paris tonight, but first lets speak to our business editor, simonjack, whos in the city this evening. What is your reading of the way that the markets reacted to the news today . Well, this may be a political gamble but the folks who make bets in the offices behind me like theresa mays odds in this one. You saw the pound strengthen, they think the economy is doing well, Unemployment Rate is low and average e
But if you look at last years referendum result, you can see why the Prime Minister wants to frame this as a brexit election. The blue areas voted leave. But many of them have labour mps who backed remain. She also wants to attract some of the four million voters who backed ukip last time. General election campaigns can be unpredictable and just two years after the last one, voters must decide again whether there will be dramatic changes to the electoral map of britain. Lets get some more reaction to todays news about an early general election. Our europe editor, katya adler, is in paris tonight, but first lets speak to our business editor, simonjack, whos in the city this evening. What is your reading of the way that the markets reacted to the news today . Well, this may be a political gamble but the folks who make bets in the offices behind me like theresa mays odds in this one. You saw the pound strengthen, they think the economy is doing well, Unemployment Rate is low and average e