Petition: No new PM without a General Election

[IlonaM]

Direct link: https://actionstorm.org/petitions/nextpm

'NO NEW PRIME MINISTER WITHOUT A GENERAL ELECTION!

We’re hearing reports that a significant number of Conservative Party MPS are ALREADY planning to change their leader and that they intend to do so WITHOUT calling a general election.

Some of those MPs are even suggesting that Boris Johnson should be reinstalled in Number 10.

Forcing two new Prime Ministers on the country without the mandate that comes with a general election would be an affront to democracy that we simply cannot allow (especially if that were to mean a return to power for disgraced former PM Boris Johnson).

We need to make clear to the Conservative Party that this a BIG RED LINE that we will not let them cross.

Open Britain believes that any attempt to cross this red line should be met with mass public demonstrations across the country. We believe such action would be justified because this Conservative government is working with a range of opaque think tanks to implement a programme of right wing policies that would never receive a democratic mandate if put to the people in a general election.

If you agree, please sign the petition today, encourage as many of your freinds as possible to do the same, and tick the box so we can update you as things develop (things are likely to move fast in the coming days/weeks).

Tell us in the comments which of YOUR red lines have already been broken by this government and, importantly, which one made you realise it's time to step up and take action.

Thank you! '

[KidKruger]

It’s written into the process isn’t it ?

Ie. Govt has the right to change party leader - it’s an internal vote thing.

The mandate is for the policies and promises, not the name of the leader, no ?

[diable rouge]

The Labour Party 'forced' the country into having Gordon Brown as PM without a GE, so it's disingenuous to paint this as solely a 'Tory thing'.

However, there is clearly a problem when a replacement PM takes a completely new direction of travel like we're seeing with Truss, going against what they stood for at a GE. Not only does Truss not have mandate to do these things from the country, she doesn't even have a mandate from her own MPs.

Rightly or wrongly, we don't have a written constitution to prevent something like this happening, instead relying on MPs to 'do the right thing'. The whole parliamentary process needs overhauling including the House of Lords and the ''First Past the Post'' voting system...

[jazzer]

Won't be a GE for two years because the Conservatives know they would be annihilated.

The electorate won't forget that Truss and Kwarzi crashed the economy within 27 days or being in office, they also won't forgive the forced increase in mortgage repayments because Kwarzi made a major error in his tax "giveaway", the ratcheting up of domestic fuel costs etc.

£400 helps but in no way of sets the increases.

Elec KWh Elec Stand Charge Gas KWh Gas Stand Charge

% Increase 01/10/2022 261 186 373 183

% Increase 01/04/2022 216 188 266 185

% increase calculated on costs from September 2020 v October 2022

[sjsl]

It's generally worth checking the petitions to parliament because the gov has to respond to these, including considering it for a debate, once they get past 100,000 – so at least it gets noticed. There is one here https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/619781 that calls for a general election to decide who should take this mess forward. It's already over 500k so due for a response but still worth signing.

[malumbu]

Pick your battles. Yes she us sseless but on this ocassion a petition will not change a thing. There's plenty more you can do.

[TheCat]

If I thought that petitions were in anyway effective (other than giving a signatory a smug, virtuous feeling when they tell their friends that they signed a petition), then I would start a petition to ban petitions....

[Alan Medic]

Who could the Tories elect as leader that would do them any good? Didn't Johnson purge any good ones there were.