When to Hold a General Election
Politics Unpacked
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The Conservatives' Overturning of the Four Year Rule
The Conservatives have now gained enough seats to make it extremely likely that they will have an absolute majority in the House of Commons. And paradoxically, it's the therefore a conservative victory, which you might see as a hopeful precedent for starma. But actually, there are one or two precedents like that that makes it seem possible. Now let's take a look at some of the examples in which an election has been killed earlier than four years.
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