Why are British election dates not as rigid as American ones? US elections are on Nov 3 every four years. But in the U.K. there was one on 2010, then no election til 2015 and then one in 2017

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Why are British election dates not as rigid as American ones? US elections are on Nov 3 every four years. But in the U.K. there was one on 2010, then no election til 2015 and then one in 2017

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In the UK elections have to be held at minimum every 5 years, but the current government can always decide to hold a “snap election” sooner than that.