Submitted on Thursday 27th June 2019
Rejected on Monday 8th July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Hold a General Election if the governing party changes it's leader in office.
Although we do not elect a Prime Minister who becomes PM is a consideration when voting. There have been a number of recent examples of unelected succession in recent years. If the governing party changes it's leader while in office in the interests of democracy there should be a General Election.
Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair and among the detractors who felt this process was undemocratic and called for a General Election were Theresa May and Boris Johnson. However as soon as they find themselves in a similar situation they find spurious reasons to alter their views. To stop this situation happening in future if the Prime Minister leaves office for whatever reason during the term of a parliament a General Election must be called.
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