Rejected petition Introduce a threshold for the public to call a General Election.

To ensure the Government remains accountable to the electorate, a threshold should be introduced to call a General Election by the public. An example could be a 2/3rd majority of the number of voters that voted at the last General Election.

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This will ensure no Government can be elected on a set of promises and then immediately lie, backtrack and break them. This would restore a sense of trust in politics and give the public the power to call an election if the overwhelming majority were in disagreement and wanted a fresh choice.

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You may wish to sign this petition https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702341 which calls for a very similar action.

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Date submitted 24 November 2024
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