Submitted on Sunday 26th June 2016
Rejected on Friday 1st July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
A Prime Minister resigning should immediately trigger a general election
When a Prime Minister resigns the whole country should have the opportunity to decide on the new one, it should not just depend on the electoral processes of the political party he is a member of. That is not a mandate for the people. Parliament should be dissolved and a general election held.
This has happened several times in the last 40 years.
In 1976 James Callaghan took over from Harold Wilson - the next election was 1979.
In 1990 John Major took over from Margaret Thatcher - the next election was 1992.
IN 2007 Gordon Brown took over from Tony Blair- the next election was 2010.
All these Prime Minsters governed without a mandate from the people
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