katie razall there.tive party, and shortly thereafter the prime minister. it's been a long year since then. and for mrs may, it included one particularly long night. here's a reminder of both. goodnight. i hereby declare that may, theresa mary has been duly elected. i'd like to ask the successful candidate to come up and take a few words. applause my pitch is very simple, i'm theresa may and i think i'm the best person to be prime minister of this country. you have a job but you don't always have job security. i have just chaired a meeting of the cabinet, where we agreed that the government should call a general election. that the only way to guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead is to hold this election. nothing has changed. jeremy corbyn will find himself alone and naked in the negotiating chamber of the european union. remind him of anybody? i wanted to achieve a larger majority and i'm sorry. when future generations look back at this time, they willjudge us not only by the decision th