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.

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

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