Talk:Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

More Info Please
It would be good to expand this article and make it clearer for the layman. Here's a good reference doc if anyone wants to do that: http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-05085.pdf Alex Stacey (talk) 09:38, 30 March 2010 (UTC)


 * It might also be worth trying to clarify that everyone knows it's going to happen for a good while before the official proclomation because the article makes it sound like the PM could just wake up one day and go and ask the Queen to call an election with no notice or warning to anyone. Which I suppose could happen but it's highly unlikely and would probably cause a lot of disruption if it did. Danikat (talk) 11:47, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

I see a contradiction
I just removed this bit from the article: "The last time that the sovereign rejected the advice of the Prime Minister was in 1923, when King George V did not dissolve Parliament when requested by Stanley Baldwin but instead invited Ramsay MacDonald to become Prime Minister."

That sounded very interesting, so I thought I would look into it further. According to our Stanley Baldwin article, in 1923 Baldwin "decided to call an early general election." That election did take place, see United Kingdom general election, 1923. The result of that election was a hung parliament, and then upon the opening session of the new Parliament in January 1924, a vote of no confidence removed Baldwin as Prime Minister. At this time the first-ever Labour government was formed by Ramsay Macdonald, a minority government which did not last long.

Now, I am very far from an expert, but nothing in our other articles indicates this as a case of the King rejecting the advice of the Prime Minister and simply asking MacDonald to become Prime Minister. Rather, Parliament was dissolved, an election was held, a vote of no-confidence, and a minority government formed.

I don't know if I'm missing something or not - as I say, I am very far from an expert.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 05:50, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Addendum: This article suggests that I am right, and also suggests the root cause of the error. Apparently the King expressed reservations about the dissolution of Parliament, but did in fact grant it.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 05:55, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Addendum 2: This is the source of the error, it was put in by Brownlee who, it seems, was a sockpuppet of Runcorn/Poetlister. How funny that I stumbled upon this by simply randomly reading an article or two that captured my interest!--Jimbo Wales (talk) 06:01, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Indeed, the King merely respected the wishs of the Hung Parliament, by accepting Baldwin's resignation & appointing MacDonald the new PM. GoodDay (talk) 14:30, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

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