In an interview with Good Morning Britain, Andrew Neil revealed his take on the likelihood of a general election soon. Host Susanna Reid asked him: “What’s going to happen?” The BBC presenter joked: “I have no idea.”

The GMB host said: “I remember sitting next to you at a lovely lunch and you gave me a very detailed explanation of what was going to happen next.

“And, as you said, within 24 hours all of that had gone out the window.”

Mr Neil said: “If I had been here 2 weeks ago, I would have said there would be an election in October.

“Last week, I would have said there would be an election in November.”

He added: “Now I’m not so sure.”

Ms Reid said: “There has to be an election soon.

“Either a referendum or a general election.”

Mr Neil said: “This is something of a zombie parliament now.”

He continued: “Even with the DUP, the Government’s in the wrong end of 40 votes.

“So it won’t get its Queens Speech through, it couldn’t get a budget through.

“But it could just stagger through.”

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The BBC journalist said: “I underestimated the extent to which the Opposition parties didn’t want an election.

“When the Opposition parties said to me ‘bring it on! We’re ready for it. Make my day’. like an idiot, I believed them!

“Won’t make that mistake again.”

The Prime Minister called for a general election twice, but the motion was rejected in the House of Commons both times.

Despite constantly calling for one previously, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, voted against triggering the early vote.

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