Richard Burgon MP: Let’s give the public the power to call general elections
‘We urgently need to offer ways of fixing the broken politics that got us here in the first place.’
‘We urgently need to offer ways of fixing the broken politics that got us here in the first place.’
The ‘power of recall’ doesn’t really give constituents the right to recall their MP.
Today’s announcement ultimately puts the power of recall in the hands of parliament rather than the hands of constituents.