Rejected petition Call for a general election as soon as possible

The Prime Minister of the day has stepped down and whoever is elected will be by default an unelected prime minister.

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The country needs an elected government, elected by the people of the U.K. that will now lead us through the new future outside the EU.

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Date submitted 24 June 2016
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