General Election 2024

OK, rumours I've heard about why Rishi called the snap election:

• To avoid being ousted by letters to the 1922 committee (better to go out by honourably falling on ones sword after a pasting in a GE than the ignominy of being turfed out)
  
• Catching Reform UK off guard and making them less liable to steal as many Tory votes (e.g. damage limitation)
  
• It's only going to get worse after the recent "good news" of lowering inflation and energy costs
  
  

I guess we'll never know the actual truth but all three are vaguely plausible.