[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i don't agree that the tory party is a wreck. Take a look at labour and the 2 choices it has for leader are unelectable and the party is likely to split and fight. I predict an election within the next 12 months, and the tories will win.

To have an election in 12 months, Theresa May will have to either persuade over 100 of her MPs to vote for an election assuming all the opposition parties vote for same too.
434 MPs have to vote for a general election to be called.

Or she will have to come back to Parliament with the fixed term parliament act to get a vote to repeal it.
There is no guarantee with a small majority, she would get that through the commons and then it would also if it did, have to go to the Lords to be debated and voted on.
She cannot just now call and election at her own bidding.

At present Labour is not going to vote for an election and no way would it vote to repeal that act.
She is going to need a lot longer than 12 months now in the current climate to get all that done.