Rejected petition Add a law so that when a prime minister resigns a general election is triggered

We want the law changed as to prevent the Tory governments from constantly changing their PMs each time they’re found to be incompetent.

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The constant ineptitude of consecutive Tory prime ministers who are being thrown out by their own MPs shows that their party is not fit to rule, and a general election is needed so the people can choose who they want to govern them. We cannot allow 0.1% of the population to keep choosing our leaders, this is not how a democracy works.

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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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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Hold a General Election within 100 days of the new PM being appointed: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/621931

If a Prime Minister resigns a general election should be called: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/620016

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Date submitted 20 October 2022
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