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Rejected petition: Call a General Election. The country did not elect Andy Burnham.

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A general election needs to be held as when Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister the Labour Party particularly Andy Burnham called for a general election. Should he not practise what he preaches?


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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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

General election now – and always call one if a PM is replaced
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/771833

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.