In 2011 Parliament enacted the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, which changed the power to dissolve Parliament and call a new election from being a royal prerogative to being a power vested in the House of Commons, requiring either a 2 3 supermajority to call a snap election, or a simple majority to vote for a resolution of no confidence in the government and no subsequent resolution of confidence within 14 days. I believe that the prior system was better for two principal reasons. It abolishes loss of supply rules, which were a really good thing. Prior to the FTPA, if the Commons defeated a budget resolution or a throne speech measure, there was automatically considered to be a lack of confidence in the government, and the Crown would either call a snap election or seek to form a new government from within the Commons. Under the FTPA, there is no requirement to maintain supply or regularly pass a confidence measure. I think it is a major fault of the FTPA that the government need not regularly reaffirm its support from the Commons on both its core duty of budgeting and on its overall agenda in the throne speech. The FTPA doesn't achieve its stated goal. The purported goal of the FTPA is to prevent governments from calling snap elections at favourable times for their political prospects. But the reality of the FTPA is that it does not stop this from happening as can be seen in the current election. Mr. Rees Mogg gave the reason why succinctly during the debate under the FTPA vote for the current election gt No Opposition can sensibly say that they would prefer a Government they oppose to continue in office, rather than having a chance to defeat them. Mr. Corbyn echoed this in comments to the BBC around the same time, when asked why he did not stop the election, he remarked that it was Because opposition parties want to be in government. The FTPA abolishes one of the best aspects of the Westminster system for no appreciable gain. Apart from preventing a Charles I esque royal tyranny of which there is no reasonable prospect, there was and is no need to remove the power to dissolve Parliament and call a new election from the crown. gt This is a footnote from the  moderators. We'd like to remind you of a couple of things. Firstly, please read through our rules If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. Speaking of which, downvotes don't change views Any questions or concerns? Feel free to message us Happy ing
The Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011 should be repealed.