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Early UK general election because Johnson and Liz Truss resign

Early UK general election because Johnson and Liz Truss resign

Early UK general election because Johnson and Liz Truss resign

Indeed, the early UK general election is because of Boris Johnson’s resignation, Liz truss’s withdrawal, and the new UK prime minister election.

These changes have been shocking for the UK; the Early UK general election is the most crucial event in this country.

Rishi Sunak is going to become the new prime minister of the UK. There aren’t many satisfactory events for the British people, and all of them disagree with this.

Opposition politicians have been leading calls for the general election following Liz Truss’s resignation.

 

So why is there a new prime minister without an election?

What is the meaning of democracy?

Why can’t people choose their prime minister? What have Tories done for this country after 12 years?

These questions have bored a nation, and we will deal with this problem in this article.

 

Who can call for an early election?

The decision to hold an early election usually rests with the prime minister. However, until very recently, this wasn’t the case.

In 2011, a law was passed that removed the PM’s power to hold an early election and handed control to the House of Commons.

Under those rules, an early election could only be held under certain circumstances, such as if two-thirds of MPs agreed to one.

However, after winning the 2019 election, the Conservatives introduced a new law-called the Dissolution introduced a new law-called the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022.

This restored the PM’s traditional power to call elections at a time of their choosing.

 

What is an early election called?

If an MP wants an early election, they need to make a “request” to the king to dissolve Parliament- the official term for closing Parliament to hold an election.

Once an election is called, we expect polling day to occur 25 working days later.

At the point of Dissolution, MPs lose their status and campaign for re-election (assuming they choose to stand again).

Does having yet another new PM mean there is an obligation to hold an early election?

 

Should there be an early election?

 

Indeed, the UK general election resulted from Sir Keir Starmer after Liz Truss’s resignation.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for a general election following Prime Minister Liz Truss’s resignation after 44 days in office.

In a statement, Sir Keir said: “The British public deserves a proper say on the country’s future.

“They must have the chance to compare the Tories’ chaos with Labour’s plans to sort out their mess, grow the economy for working people and rebuild the country for a fairer, green future.

“We must have a chance at a fresh start. We need a general election now.”

Indeed, the last general election was on December 12, 2019. The conservatives’ party won the majority. Boris Johnson called the election following months of a parliamentary deadlock that delayed Brexit.

There was another general election in 2017, called by then Prime Minister Theresa May, hoping to strengthen her hand in the Brexit negotiation. At this time, a general election wasn’t due until 2020.

 

Will the Labour party win the general election? 

Will the Labour Party win the next general election? Indeed, after the Conservatives’ many terrible scandals, the Labour party has found a unique position, and it has better popularity than the Conservatives.

On Monday, the Times newspaper reported that Britain’s Labour party has risen to its largest poll lead over two decades over the Conservative party.

This comes just days after Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng unleashed historic tax cuts, removed the cap on banker’s bounces and announced considerable increases in borrowing in a fiscal statement, causing economic markets to plummet.

And now the news that Liz Truss has resigned after six short weeks in the office, which comes less than two months after Boris Johnson’s resignation as prime minister. A general election must undoubtedly be on the cards in the not-too-distant future.

 

Keir Starmer’s idea about UK general election.

In fact, after Liz Truss’s resignation, Sir Keir Starmer Gave a speech about holding an immediate general election. He said the Conservative party has shown it no longer has the mandate to govern.

After the prime minister’s abrupt Downing Street statement, in which she announced another leadership contest would be held within a week, Starmer attacked what he called “this revolving door of chaos”.

“The Tories cannot respond to their latest shambles by yet again simply clicking their fingers and shuffling the people at the top without the contest of the British people,” Starmer said.

“They don’t have the mandate to put the country through yet another experiment; British is not their fiefdom to run how they wish.

“The British public deserves a proper say on the country’s future. They must have the chance to compare the Tories’ chaos with Labour’s plans to sort out their mess, grow the economy for working people and rebuild the country for a fairer, greener future. We must have a chance at a fresh start. We need a general election now.”

Another party leader mirrored his call. Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon, called a national vote a “democratic imperative”, saying: “There are no words to describe this utter shambles adequately.

“It’s beyond hyperbole and parody. The reality is that ordinary people are paying the price.”

Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said the country needed “real change.”

“We do not need another Conservative prime minister lurching from crisis to crisis; we need a general election “, he said.

“It’s time for Conservative MPs to do their patriotic duty, put the country first and give the people a say.”

And Starmer repeated his request for holding an election in his meeting with Andrew Marr on LBC. Even he suggested a Labour government would not make spending cuts on the scale contemplated by the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.

I ran a public service for five years during a period where we look spending cuts, and I know what that feels like,” he said.

“And I know there aren’t many public services that can take much more by spending cuts. So I’m not going to go down that route.”

But admitted: “it may mean for an incoming Labour government that we can’t do everything that we want, as quickly that we might like.”

Indeed, these days Conservatives’ scandals have lost the reputation of this party, and the Britain government doesn’t have a good face in front of its people.

And the prime minister’s early resignation has caused an early UK general election, and the Labour party’s leader, Sir Keir Starmer, has stated that the British people deserve the best government after 12 years of tolerating Tories.

He has said that this current chaos isn’t their right and that they should enjoy living in an honest government. But there isn’t any certainty for the early UK general election.

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