Two reasons: One is as others have said. Election now would make a no-deal crashout more likely. The other is that it was also deliberately timed to reduce pa

Two reasons: One is as others have said. Election now would make a no-deal crashout more likely. The other is that it was also deliberately timed to reduce participation in a largely non-tory demographic. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/general-election-date-aimed-to-restrict-student-vote-boris-johnson-aides-admit-g7zh5s7td https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/general-election-date-aim...