Important:
This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition A general election before article 50 is triggered.
If the Conservative party elect a new member as a prime minister he will only have approximately 2 years left in office. Where as a general election will give the government a full term to handle the situation that Britain is currently in after article 50 is triggered.
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/136417
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