Voters' Remorse? 2 Million Brits Sign Petition Calling for a New Election

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Posted on 11/29/2024 8:08:15 PM PST by SeekAndFind

In July, the United Kingdom held a general election that on the surface looked to be as consequential as the one we had here in the U.S. in November. After 14 years of Conservative Party leadership, the Labour Party won an astonishing number of seats in Parliament, but because of the UK’s system, which awards seats to the recipient of a plurality of votes — and as many as six parties fielding candidates — many of these new members of Parliament won with as little as 35% of the vote.

It didn’t take long for Britons to sour on this new Labour government. Even though the Tories (Conservatives) still have a low favorability rating, Labour’s leaders saw a significant drop in net favorability less than two months after the election.

Now an online petition has surfaced with over 2 million signatures urging the Labour government to call for a new election. Some of the signatures may be fake — Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s name appears as a signatory — but it’s still a clear message from at least some British voters.

“‘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 says,” as Patrick O’Flynn explained at The Spectator. “It’s that simple: the accusation is that Keir Starmer was elected on a deliberately false prospectus and that his administration therefore lacks basic democratic legitimacy.” 

“Keir Starmer said he ‘wasn’t surprised’ that 2 million people had signed a petition calling for an election, adding ‘there will be plenty of people who didn’t want us in the first place,’”

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