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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
It'll be interesting to see how peops respond to that.
On the face of it, the suggestion makes sense. However, I haven't dug deeper to consider what other constitutional implications there may be.
Also, I'm not sure that the electorate votes for a PM - but rather a balance of risk as to party + PM vs the other lot's same.
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It does make sense but with some caveats:
1. you could argue if the current Government has a large majority (> 50?) then a change of leader may not alter the mandate from the GE. Not convinced 100% but it has some merit
2. if the new leader is proposing a major policy shift relative to the last GE manifesto then a new GE would almost always be meritted