London — UK Prime Minister Theresa May suggested she will not use the general election to give voters more detail about the kind of Brexit she wants, instead asking them to trust her to deliver. May said she had already set out her plans for Britain’s departure from the EU in a document published earlier in the year. She now needed a mandate from the voters, and the election would give her one, she said. "It’s about asking the people to trust me, to trust us in government, to give us that mandate to go and get that really good deal," May told the BBC on Wednesday. Parliament will vote at about 2pm on whether to call an election for June 8. Opposition parties have said they welcome an election, making it likely that the government will secure the two-thirds majority it needs. While May denied that opinion polling had been a factor in her decision to reverse her position and call the vote, her Conservative Party’s huge lead over the opposition Labour Party — more than 20 points in som...
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