Lib Dems a victim of their own policy!

So let me get this right. The Liberal Democrats pledged to introduce fixed-term parliaments in their 2010 manifesto and they negotiated this as part of the coalition agreement. Labour had this as a 2010 manifesto pledge too. The main reason for this was to prevent governments from using snap elections for their own political advantage. 
However fast forward to 2016 and the Lib Dems aren't happy that Theresa May will be our new Prime Minister, because there hasn't been a General election.

Let me add some context. During the past 100 years we have had 24 Prime Ministers (assuming Theresa May meets the Queen tomorrow), half of these Prime Ministers assumed office without a General Election, including a Liberal (although that was a century ago).

Image: Getty,PA. Source: UK Government, Full Fact

The Prime Minister is the Leader of the majority Party, or of a Coalition, who is elected by his/her Party. Prime Ministers are not elected by popular vote. In any British political party. As long as that Leader commands the confidence of the House, the Queen will invite him/her to form a government. We don't have a Presidential system in this country. But don't let that stop Tim Farron and co.

As I stated at the start, the main reason for the Lib Dem's policy was to prevent governments from using snap elections for political advantage, yet the same party is now calling for a snap General Election for.......(that's right, you guessed it) their own political advantage! ‪#‎HypocrisyClaxon‬