Rejected petition To hold so soon as is practicable a general election in the UK.

Parliament and the country are currently in a state of turmoil and confusion regards 'Brexit'. The Fixed Term Parliaments Act (2011) denies the prime minister the right to call an election at his discretion. This amounts to a denial of democracy, which needs to be corrected.

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/09/04/brexit-vote-latest-news-no-deal-rebels-boris-general-election/

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/264215

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Date submitted 26 September 2019
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