Do the Conservatives have to go to the country? No they don't
Does Theresa May have to go to the country? No she doesn't

Is it in the interests of the country to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election at this time? No it is not. Why not?

1: Recent EU Referendum means that Brexit is the main priority over the next two and a half years - no pointless distractions.

2: The Conservatives have shown how a political party can progress through a highly divisive argument and still remain intact.

3: The mess that the Labour Party are in at the moment would make actually mounting any sort of election extremely difficult, if not impossible. At the moment they cannot even fulfil their current responsibility of providing an effective opposition to the Government.