The Prime Minister is running scared of a general election - PETITION!

pigs fly - one minute you say "chaos" the next minute you say "walkover"....
You obviously do not know what is going on down here in London. Could be a 100% loss of all Conservative seats in London and in the South (especially surrey and berks - old Conservative holds).

If you look at the petition map via constituencies loads of Tory seats could be lost to Lib Dem pro-REMAIN. In such an outcome, its very possible that REMAIN would be able to stop Clause 50.

Its not rocket science. If either Labour or Tory won, it would not matter, what would matter is how many seats the Lib Dems could win. I'll warrant it will be enough.

I've got a better chance of forming a Government than they do.

Why would Labour push for a GE when they know they will be humiliated at this point in time?

Oh dear the OP does not understand that Labour would be wiped out if there was a general election!

Who says the OP is concerned about Labour?

There wouldn't be much point of an election. The Labour party are a complete shambles at the moment. I'm no Conservative voter usually, however Theresa May looks like a strong government we need. We need someone who doesn't mind if she upsets people, I want her to be ruthless. This country can't carry on as it is, the public sector (expect essential services such as NHS) is too big - thats the harsh truth.Could you imagine the disaster is Jeremy Corbyn went into number 10 yesterday! He can't even find enough people to fill hes front bench, you know things are desperate when you put Diane Abbott on the frontbench. Before you all ask, I don't think much of Angela Eagle either. Labour are stuffed in their current state.Remember when you vote, you elect your local MP.

To attack May for not being put into no. 10 via general election, which is why May should call their bluff

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And they evidently don't mind causing another blip in the economy in order to do so....

Who said the above about Gordon Brown when he refused to call a GE after becoming Prime Minster?

Answer: Theresa May, 2007

At the same time she also “Yesterday in Prime Minister's questions his excuse for not calling an election was that only 26 people had signed a Downing street petition calling for one. I checked the website this morning and there are now 4,408 signatures and rising. Can the Leader of the House arrange for the Prime Minister to give us an update on the petition every week in Prime Minister's questions?” she added.

Well guess what... there's a new petition saying "A change in prime minister should trigger a general election."

You can sign it here:

What makes you think that Labour would do well in a GE? Or are you a Conservative hoping for a greater majority?

I don't understand the appetite for an election. A year ago a Conservative majority was elected on a manifesto which will continue to be followed. The new leader was part of the top Tory team which was elected. People seem to have this Americanised view on politics whereby they think the Prime Minister and the President are the same. We do not have a system of presidential primaries etc. Why is it not good enough that the constituency MP that we elect to make decisions on our behalf choses the person that heads up the government on our behalf? There's also the point that there would be no point. If you're a Tory, surely you're quite happy for a continued Conservative majority government for four years. If you're Labour, surely you recognise that Labour are in crisis and would be crushed in a snap election. If you're a UKIP supporter, surely you recognise that UKIP was a single issue party and now that Britain is leaving the EU, UKIP support will collapse and all those party rebels will return to their mainstream party or not vote at all. It just seems to me that a snap election would serve no purpose because the outcome would be the same, and because Theresa May already has a mandate in the manifesto that the party was elected on so an election would only extend the length of the Tories term in government.

And they evidently don't mind causing another blip in the economy in order to do so....

I refer the Hon. Member to my earlier reply.

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