Indeed, she is shoring up the Tory vote in the commons. At the moment they have a thin majority and just a small number of backbenchers can run amok to prevent or derail government / ministerial law making agenda.

Most people will see this as the party political move that it is. Tory voters will love this, other parties much less so.

As an aside, Northern Ireland will probably join in and have another assembly election on the same date. I wonder if Scotland will join in too?