Quote Originally Posted by Elwood Blues View Post
While his bill was agreed in principle it would have taken weeks or months to have got it through with all the amendments that would have been raised. And some of those if passed could have altered the bill drastically.

Don't think he had much.choice but to call the election.
I don't see how anyone can say that for certain - to use a familiar phrase of his, he wants to have his cake and eat it.