Original title: newsletter! The British Parliament was officially dissolved
In the early morning of the 6th local time, the British Parliament officially dissolved to prepare for the general election. According to the British Parliament Act, the dissolution of parliament must be carried out 25 days before the general election.
According to the Russian satellite news agency, the new lower house will be born on December 12, 2019, while the upper house will retain its existing seats. According to the fixed term act 2011 (paliact 2011), the British parliament must be re elected every five years, which means that the next general election should have been held in 2022. However, brexit is at an impasse again. Prime Minister Johnson previously said he would promote the holding of early elections. On October 29, the house of Commons voted to hold early elections in December, the second general election since the 2016 brexit referendum.
According to the recent survey results of YouGov, the Conservative Party led by Johnson has a support rate of 36%, the Labour Party has a support rate of 23%, and the Liberal Democratic Party and the brexit party have 18% and 12% respectively.
Under the British political system, dissolving Parliament and re-election is a political power at the level of "nuclear weapons" owned by the ruling party. Generally speaking, the ruling party will choose to put forward this motion when the support rate is much higher than that of the opposition party, so as to reshape the power pattern of Parliament and ensure that the ruling party can govern more smoothly.
With the Conservative Party polls led by Johnson keeping ahead, he naturally hopes to change the minority ruling situation of the Conservative Party in Parliament through re-election, so as to stabilize his power foundation and better promote various agendas including "brexit".