[EL] UK now has fixed term parliament with option of self-dissolution

[Douglas Carver]

Evidently Mr Cameron is not confident in the durability of his coalition..

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 2:58 AM, <jure.toplak at uni-mb.si> wrote:

> I have not seen news about this on the list (I may have missed it) and
> members may find it interesting:
>
> Last week UK for the first time in history enacted fixed-term
> parliament. Elections will take place each 5 years in May. With this,
> the prime minister is giving up the right to pick and choose the date of
> the next election. Two thirds of the House of Commons can, however,
> dissolve the House and call early elections any time (self-dissolution
> of the parliament). The parliament is also dissolved early in case it
> votes that there is no confidence in the government and then, within 14
> days, it does not vote that there is confidence in a government.
>
> The text of The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
> http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/14/enacted
>
> Wiki
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-term_Parliaments_Act_2011
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