I have always said that the fight to prevent Brexit is not yet over and that we would get a chance to overturn it - either via a second referendum during the transition phase or via the 2020 General Election falling during that transition. Instead it has arrived early in the form of a snap General Election in June. This is great news and I salute Theresa May's courage in allowing the voting public a second chance having seen the disaster unfolding before us. She has seen the divisions the vote has created and the fact that in contrast to the opinions of the 'they need us more than we need them' brigade the EU is going to ensure the UK is worse off outside the EU than in.
This is the chance to decide whether this is still a country worth living in or actually a xenophobic little island off the coast of Europe spending its time looking back to the 1950's through sepia-tinted spectacles.
It is also a gift horse for those (like me) who want to get rid of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party. It's nothing personal - he seems like a great bloke and all those who meet him say the same - but he is not a leader and he is not a winner in the eyes of the voters. I would urge everyone - Labour, Green, Tories - who wants to remain in the EU or at least the single market to follow Tim Farron's lead and vote for the Lib Dems as the only party to categorically state that its objective is to keep us in the EU. The Lib Dems are standing up for the 48% - let's give them our backing.
Now, time to find out who is the Lib Dem candidate for St Albans ...