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Question to the uk readers: is there any way of causing an election other than (somehow) getting a no confidence vote to succeed? This, I thought, required the Cons to commit hara kiri, although things might get that stupid after the 5th or 6th new pm.

Comics are pointing out that at this rate Charles has a chance of working with more pm’s than his mother did..

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Not that I am aware of. As you say, the Opposition parties can call for a vote of no confidence in the Government, but they will lose, as the Government have a majority.

Similarly, individual constituencies cannot recall their MP unless they have been found guilty of a wrongdoing that fulfils certain criteria [0]

[0] https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05...

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