What do people think of an earlier General Election?

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement to call a General Election, the Advertiser found out people’s opinions about his decision.

Transcript

00:00 Personally I think it should have come a bit sooner and it's actually made me go and register

00:09 vote so that I can vote for the party that I think will actually sort this country out

00:14 because at the moment the people that are vulnerable, the people that are older, younger

00:19 are not being looked after the way they should be.

00:24 What can I say? I think he obviously knows what he's doing and we've got all the football

00:33 and the Olympics in that month haven't we starting so people may obviously be distracted

00:40 of the sport but yeah, I like the chap and we'll just see what happens.

00:49 I really don't think it matters when it's called. He's gambling on the economy looking

00:56 a bit better and I think at the moment it's about all he's got to gamble with and I feel

01:03 so sorry for whichever party gets in because it's a shambles basically.

01:11 I think he's a good chap but after 12 months he won't get rid of them. Over the years every

01:18 Prime Minister doesn't know what he says and doesn't want to get rid of them. MPs want

01:23 to get rid of them, keep him there I reckon so yeah.

01:27 Without really knowing much about it it's interesting, it's probably called for, there

01:31 does seem to be a lack of confidence sometimes in his leadership although I'm not sure what

01:37 the alternatives are. Unfortunately I live in a different part of the country where it's

01:42 a Conservative safe seat so I probably shan't vote anyway because you know the Conservative

01:49 MP always gets in which is a tiny bit disappointing. I have to confess I have a little bit, don't

01:55 have a lot of faith in the current political party system and I probably shan't vote if

02:02 I'm honest.

02:03 I think it's a good decision. I think we've all been through so much with the pandemic

02:09 and the cost of living crisis so I think it's a really good thing that that's happening.

02:14 (dramatic music)