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In theory, could Parliament initiate a snap election? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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I was just thinking about the way the British constituiton works. I know that it is in the hands of the PM to decide when Parliament is to be dissolved and a GE is to be called. But if a majority in Parliament wanted a snap election yet the PM was refusing to call one, then couldn't they just pass a bill declaring an early election, which would bypass the PM due to the principle of parliamentary supremacy?

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