DID NOT BAN OPPOSITION PARTIES OR CANCEL THE 1864 ELECTION IN THE MIDST OF THE CIVIL WAR WHEN THE OPPOSITION PARTY WANTED A PEACEFUL END IN WHICH THE CONFEDERACY WOULD HAVE HAD SUCCESS. DID NOT SUSPEND ELECTIONS IN THE MIDST OF WW2 OR BAN OPPOSITION PARTIES; FACED INVASION AS PM OF THE U.K. IT NEVER CANCELLED ELECTIONS OR BANNED OPPOSITION PARTIES. CANCELLED ELECTIONS UNTIL THE CRISIS IS PAST AND BANS OPPOSITION PARTIES.