Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Hold a general election before invoking article 50 to leave the E.U.

Holding a general election before invoking article 50 will allow the people of the U.K. regardless of which way they voted in the referendum to have a say in who negotiates on our behalf, what their aims will be and what a post E.U. Britain will look like.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/136417

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