An end to snap general elections?

A welcome suggestion, in line with what the Liberal Democrats have previously called for, from the Electoral Commission in one of its new reports:

The prime minister should give more than a month’s notice if he is calling a general election, a watchdog has suggested in a report.

The Electoral Commission recommends extending the parliamentary election timetable from 17 to 25 working days – in line with that of local government.

As with Parliamentary by-elections, too short an election timetable deprives the voters of a key part of a democracy: hearing candidates and parties set out their stalls and cross-examine each other in detail,

UPDATE: A fix for this problem in the end was the Liberal Democrat success in introducing fixed-term Parliaments.