This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Hold a general election to "establish a mandate from the British people"
Today the Conservative Party announced their new leader who has become Prime Minister without a general election. Yet Boris Johnson previously condemned such acts as arrogant, contempt for democracy and a gigantic fraud. To honour his own words, he now needs " a mandate from the British people".
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On his first day as PM, Boris Johnson rules out an election till 2022.
Yet in 2007 he publicly condemned Gordon Brown as being in Office “without a mandate from the British people.” This article from the New Statesman further quotes Boris Johnson on his appointment as PM without general election.
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