Rejected petition Hold a general election in 2016, before EU Article 50 is invoked.

Unless there is a General Election, the U.K. will be led through Brexit (a critical political, economic and social change) by a new Prime Minister elected by only c.150,000 Conservative Party members. The nation must be able to select a Party and Prime Minister with a popular mandate to act for it.

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

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Date submitted 26 June 2016
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