By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2024-11-27 17:01:15 | Updated at 2024-11-27 19:49:59
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A debate about a petition demanding another General Election will be held in January.
The Petitions Committee has announced that the call will be considered in the Westminster Hall on January 6.
The debate will be led by the Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Jamie Stone.
The petition, which was created by pub owner Michael Westwood, has reached almost 2.8 million signatures.
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It 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."
The petition gained traction after it was highlighted by controversial billionaire CEO Elon Musk and actor Michael Caine. At Prime Minister’s Questions Tory leader Kemi Badenoch called for Sir Keir Starmer to resign, pointing to a petition signed by more than 2.5 million people calling for a general election.
The PM hit back: "She talks about a petition, we had a massive petition on July 4 in this country. We spent years taking our party from a party of protest to a party of government, they are hurtling in the opposite direction."
Badenoch described the response as "nonsense"
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