A petition demanding a new general election to oust the Left-wing Labour Government has exploded, racking up over 1,750,000 signatures in under a week. Breitbart has more.
The petition states that the “current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election”, and therefore, the petition called for an election to be called.
While Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party swept to power in July with a 174 majority with 411 seats in the parliament — the best performance for the party since Tony Blair in 1997 — the party only won just over a third of voters.
Since coming to power, Prime Minsiter Starmer has seen his approval continually decline, pushing forward broadly unpopular leftist policies, such as cutting fuel aid subsidies to pensioners and seeking to expand the death tax to include family farms.
A survey this week from Ipsos found that just 23% of the public have a favourable opinion of Starmer, compared to 52% who hold a negative view of the Prime Minister. …
Reform U.K. MPs were quick to seize on the petition calling for a new election, with Farage’s deputy, Richard Tice, saying: “Let’s make this the biggest petition ever in the U.K. – sign, share and spread the word.” …
In Britain, any official petition with over 100,000 signatures must be considered for a debate in Parliament, and the government is mandated to issue a response to any petition with more than 10,000 signatures.
Worth reading in full.
Stop Press: You can keep an eye on the rolling count of the petition and sign it yourself here.
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