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Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government by lordnacho on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:54PM (#20871598)
No idea if you follow British politics, but a few years ago the Cons and LibDems went into coalition, and one of the things that was meant to help was the FTPA. Under that the government cannot just call an election, it needs the support of 2/3 of parliament or a vote of no confidence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-term_Parliaments_Act_201...

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Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government by bencollier49 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @06:22PM (#20871862)
They can sidestep that with a simple bill which just says "Notwithstanding the FTPA, there will be an election on date x", passed with a simple majority. Would need to go through the Lords though.

The FTPA was a terrible piece of legislation.

Regardless, the point is that Boris can accede to Corbyn's demands, hold an election, and still leave on Oct 31st. If he wins.

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Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government by reubeniv on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @06:33PM (#20871952)
Technically it can pass a short bill that requires just a majority, but it then has to go through lords and is open to amendments https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/early-e...
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