can we have a general election please

No you can't....now shut up.

Would be a Tory landslide, surely?

yes followed by UKIP

I think you will find, if you look at the methodology of how we in the UK elect Governments, that it is The Conservative and Unionist Party that was given the mandate to rule.Whomsoever leads the party inherits the mandate.Rule Britannia

I used to get a mandate every Christmas in the late 80's