{"id":18860,"date":"2024-11-25T19:23:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T19:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18860"},"modified":"2024-11-25T19:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T19:23:26","slug":"im-not-surprised-some-voters-want-election-re-run-says-starmer-after-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18860","title":{"rendered":"I'm not surprised some voters want election re-run, says Starmer after petition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “not that surprised” that some people who did not vote Labour in the last election want a “re-run” of the poll.<\/p>\n

A petition on Parliament’s website accusing Labour of breaking promises and calling for a new general election has gathered more than two million signatures – the third highest since 2010. <\/p>\n

The petition has got more than 100,000 signatures, so the subject is likely to be debated in Parliament, but would not trigger a new election.<\/p>\n

Asked about the petition on ITV’s This Morning, Sir Keir said: “There will be plenty of people who didn’t want us in the first place… my focus is on the decisions that I have to make every day.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The prime minister argued that he had “inherited a lot of problems” from the previous government and that he had decided to “take the hard decisions first”.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not surprised, quite frankly, that as we\u2019re doing the tough stuff there are plenty of people who say ‘well I\u2019m impacted, I don\u2019t like it’.<\/p>\n

“But we\u2019ve got to make the big calls on the NHS and on schools that are really important for the here and now and for the future.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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British citizens and UK residents can set up a petition on the UK government or Parliament website.<\/p>\n

Petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures will get a response from the government and ones that gather over 100,000 names will be considered for a debate in Parliament. <\/p>\n

In 2019, a petition calling for Brexit to be cancelled received 6.1 million signatures. Three years earlier a call for a second Brexit referendum garnered 4.2 million names. <\/p>\n

This petition urging the government to hold a new general election was set up last week and has been promoted by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and tech billionaire Elon Musk.<\/p>\n

In order to sign a petition, you are asked to tick a box confirming you are a British citizen or UK resident and provide a postcode.<\/p>\n

The petition reads: “I would like there to be another general election. I believe the current Labour government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.”<\/p>\n

It comes five months after Labour won a landslide victory in the July general election, securing 9.7 million votes and 412 seats in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

However, it only received 35% share of the vote – the lowest won by a single party government since the end of the war. <\/p>\n

Speaking to ITV, Sir Keir said: “Look, I remind myself that very many people didn’t vote Labour at the last election.<\/p>\n

“I’m not surprised that many of them want a rerun. That isn’t how our system works.”<\/p>\n

He also said he had expected governing to be “difficult” but added: “I wouldn’t swap a single day in opposition for a day in power.<\/p>\n

“It’s much better to be in power, to do things.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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