If Theresa May secures an increased majority in the House of Commons on June 8 as most pundits expect, she will be in a much stronger position domestically to define Britain's new relationship with Europe.
However, even a thumping election victory will give the British Prime Minister almost no additional leverage in negotiations with EU leaders whose reasons for wanting to impose a tough exit on the British have not changed.
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James Chessell is the Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Financial Review. He is the former Executive editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and a former Business editor and Europe correspondent at the AFR. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at james.chessell@afr.com
