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World Service,5 mins

Will an early UK election strengthen the government or weaken democracy?

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Three former political leaders in Britain - Michael Howard, who was leader of the Conservative Party, Neil Kinnock, who was Labour leader, and Shirley Williams of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords - discuss Prime Minister Theresa May's call for a snap general election in June (Photo: Union flags fly near the Houses of Parliament in London on 13 March 2017. On Tuesday British Prime Minister Theresa May announced her decision to call a snap general election in June, saying she needed a stronger mandate for negotiating Britain's departure from the European Union. Credit: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

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