One Million Brits Call for Fresh Elections
An online petition urging a new general election in the UK has garnered over a million signatures. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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Parliament will be compelled to discuss a matter concerning a petition that demands a re-run of the vote from July.
An online petition calling for a new general election in the UK has surpassed one million signatures, just a few months after Prime Minister Keir Starmer assumed office following a historic Labour Party victory.
Submitted on Wednesday, the petition criticizes Starmer and the Labour Party for straying “back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election,” prompting calls for Parliament to consider a re-run of the vote. As of Sunday afternoon, the petition has garnered over a million signatures, with approximately 2,000 new signatures being added every minute.
According to the government’s petition site, petitions that surpass 100,000 signatures are required to be debated in Parliament, unless “the issue has already been debated recently or there’s a debate scheduled for the near future.”
Despite the Labour Party's 163-seat majority making it unlikely for the debate to result in a vote of no confidence or trigger a new election, Starmer will still face scrutiny as members discuss his performance thus far.
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice and MP Rupert Lowe have promoted the petition on their social media accounts, with Lowe stating that it “may not force an election, but it will definitely send Starmer a message.”
Starmer took office in July, following Labour's significant victory fueled by public dissatisfaction with Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government. By the end of October, however, his approval rating fell sharply from a post-election high of +11 to a concerning low of -38, according to a survey from More in Common.
The decline in approval has been attributed to several unpopular decisions made by Starmer, including the elimination of £300 winter fuel payments for numerous pensioners, the early release of thousands of incarcerated individuals to address prison overcrowding, and his recent budget, which introduced £40 billion in tax increases.
His implementation of a 20% inheritance tax on farms has been criticized by farming organizations, which argue that while family farms and their associated assets may appear valuable on paper, their actual income is often minimal, putting those who inherit the business at risk of financial ruin.
In a Friday interview with the BBC, Starmer defended the decision to cut fuel payments for pensioners, asserting that it “makes sense,” while acknowledging that there were “lots of decisions” in the budget that he would have preferred “not to have had to make.”
Debra A Smith for TROIB News
An online petition calling for a new general election in the UK has surpassed one million signatures, just a few months after Prime Minister Keir Starmer assumed office following a historic Labour Party victory.
Submitted on Wednesday, the petition criticizes Starmer and the Labour Party for straying “back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election,” prompting calls for Parliament to consider a re-run of the vote. As of Sunday afternoon, the petition has garnered over a million signatures, with approximately 2,000 new signatures being added every minute.
According to the government’s petition site, petitions that surpass 100,000 signatures are required to be debated in Parliament, unless “the issue has already been debated recently or there’s a debate scheduled for the near future.”
Despite the Labour Party's 163-seat majority making it unlikely for the debate to result in a vote of no confidence or trigger a new election, Starmer will still face scrutiny as members discuss his performance thus far.
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice and MP Rupert Lowe have promoted the petition on their social media accounts, with Lowe stating that it “may not force an election, but it will definitely send Starmer a message.”
Starmer took office in July, following Labour's significant victory fueled by public dissatisfaction with Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government. By the end of October, however, his approval rating fell sharply from a post-election high of +11 to a concerning low of -38, according to a survey from More in Common.
The decline in approval has been attributed to several unpopular decisions made by Starmer, including the elimination of £300 winter fuel payments for numerous pensioners, the early release of thousands of incarcerated individuals to address prison overcrowding, and his recent budget, which introduced £40 billion in tax increases.
His implementation of a 20% inheritance tax on farms has been criticized by farming organizations, which argue that while family farms and their associated assets may appear valuable on paper, their actual income is often minimal, putting those who inherit the business at risk of financial ruin.
In a Friday interview with the BBC, Starmer defended the decision to cut fuel payments for pensioners, asserting that it “makes sense,” while acknowledging that there were “lots of decisions” in the budget that he would have preferred “not to have had to make.”
Debra A Smith for TROIB News
