The UK is poised for a massive political realignment if Theresa May gets her general election

My American friends may be asking why we’re going to have another election. Didn’t the Conservative Party win in 2015? Didn’t May win the nomination of the Conservative Party to become prime minister? Didn’t we win the Brexit vote?

Yes to all of those questions, but, just like the U.S., there are forces in play that seek to undermine our democracies. It isn’t just about being sore losers, like Hillary Clinton and Democrats, it’s about the liberal metropolitan elite in London and the European Union who will stop at nothing to undermine the will of the people.

The unelected House of Lords and anti-Brexit members of parliament have said they will vote against any deal that May is likely to negotiate with the 27 members of the European Union. There are a number (albeit disjointed) of anti-Brexit campaign groups who mislead the electorate about our strong economic indicators, inward investment, increased job numbers, and our bright future of free trade with our friends from around the globe. Their deception undermines our country’s confidence both at home and abroad.

There are those that would like to split Scotland from the United Kingdom and are using Brexit as a battering tool. The faux nationalists of the Scottish National Party — who reject any power from London but are happy to hand over all sovereignty and law to Brussels — openly lie to their electorate by blaming London for their failed economy, whereas in reality, they have greater fiscal autonomy than they admit. Not since Margaret Thatcher was in power have the Conservatives had such a chance to take back control in Scotland.

And that leads me to Labour’s challenges.

Scottish Labour always held the aces in a U.K. general election. Without Scotland, Labour could not win an overall majority. Despite the inbuilt Labour bias in U.K. cities due to unfair boundaries, the Conservative Party is the chosen party of England. So in 2015 when Labour lost the majority of its Scottish seats to the SNP, the Conservatives took power.

Labour, under the Marxist Jeremy Corbyn, is unfit for power. I am cautious about quoting opinion polls but the Conservative Party is more than 20 percentage points ahead.

You’re probably wondering why Labour doesn’t get rid of Corbyn. It’s because he was swept into power under new rules and a militant wing of new party members. Labour did try to remove him (going against the will of their membership) but it failed. So they’re stuck with this dinosaur who reveres Castro and Chavez.

Then there’s the EU May’s hand is strong, but she has been undermined every step of the way by some in her own party, by Labour, by the last few remaining Liberal Democrats, and by a left-wing public broadcaster, the BBC. At every broadcast of upbeat economic news, the BBC will start the piece by saying, “Despite Brexit…”

The EU’s negotiating position is bolstered by the opposition. By calling a general election, May is asserting her strong position.

And then there is you, our friends in the U.S. You helped us enormously by backing us. With Trump welcoming May to the White House and offering a free-trade deal, it wrong-footed the EU elite and those at home who hate America, Corbyn included.

May knows she can put the question of Scottish independence to bed for a generation by seeking a mandate and taking seats from the SNP, and also thwarting the EU’s attempts to divide the U.K. by trying to entice Scotland into their failed bloc. I do not think the Scottish people will give up the pound and their biggest trading partner, England.

Her stars are aligned for a massive majority and for a realignment of British politics. Although I detest socialism and the liberal-left, our democracy needs an opposition to hold it to account. Because very few Labour MPs will serve in Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, the current crop of opposition MPs is embarrassing (and Marxist), and because Brexit is clogging up the government’s wheels.

The Cameron Conservatives were always hampered by Nigel Farage’s UKIP. But now that Brexit is nearly complete, I think those voters will go back to the Conservative fold and vote for May. In the north of England, traditionally Labour territory, UKIP may still hold the key to win or fail for the number of MPs who will form the opposition for Labour. The majority of Labour MPs voted to Remain, so it is up to those UKIP supporters to either back May in key marginal seats or hold Labour’s toes to the fire. The same goes for Conservative seats where the MPs were anti-Brexit. In any case, UKIP should put country first and party second by not standing candidates in Brexit constituencies.

This is May’s chance to make the U.K. Great Again and to push through a radical agenda on tax reform, education, welfare, and healthcare.

Thatcher started the reform revolution, it stalled under Labour, was stifled under Cameron, and stopped in the EU.

May could become one of our greatest prime ministers, backed by the U.S., making peace with Russia, and enabling the U.K. to become a global trading nation again. Small state, NATO partner, a strong military, full employment, border control and an immigration policy that serves our Judeo-Christian culture.

The alternative is too frightening to contemplate.

Janice Atkinson (@Janice4Brexit) is a British independent member of the European Parliament.

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