Posted on 11/27/2024 9:18:40 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
A petition demanding a fresh general election will be debated in Parliament in the New Year after numbers signing neared 2.8million.
The Petitions Committee has announced that the call will be considered in the Westminster Hall chamber on January 6.
The chair and Lib Dem MP Jamie Stone will lead the debate. However, under procedural rules it will be on a 'neutral' motion - and cannot trigger a national poll.
The petition was posted on the Parliament website by pub owner Michael Westwood and complains that Keir Starmer has 'gone back on promises'.
It has been shared by acting legend Michael Caine among others, and has also been fuelled by Elon Musk.
Although signatories have to say they are UK citizens or residents and provide an email and postcode, there is not thought to be any other verification - risking the chance some are not British voters.
House of Commons sources said it was satisfied most are legitimate.
The motion for the debate will simply be: 'That this House has considered e-petition 700143 relating to a general election.'
Earlier this week Keir Starmer dismissed the demands for a fresh general election.
The PM blamed 'difficult' decisions in the Budget for the huge backlash he has been facing as he appeared on ITV's This Morning.
He insisted the petition just reminded him that 'very many people didn't vote Labour'. 'I'm not surprised many of them want a rerun,' he said.
'That isn't how our system works. There will be plenty of people who didn't want us in in the first place.
'So, what my focus is on is the decisions that I have to make every day.'
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Interesting date.
England is close to the “have to shoot their out” point. It is amazing the country was drowning so they embraced an anchor and handed control over to Labour
questions for the prime minister is the best
every wed the prime minister has to answer questions from the house members
it can get quite rowdy
cspan radio has it on sunday evening
wish we had something like that here
Meaningless, as Labour currently has 402 seats with a working majority of 163 seats.
Petitions are not motions of no confidence, and there is zero chance of Starmer dropping the writ for an Election until the Current Parliament expires in 2029.
Unless there is a MEGA movement (Make England Great Again), England will be a caliphate within the next 2 decades The labour party will not exist. Sharia will be the law of the land.
The UK (not just England) did not “embrace” Labour.
Labour won because conservatives were divided between the Conservative and Reform parties. With a split vote Labour got a massive majority of MPs on only 33.7% of the vote.
Link to the petition below...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143
I believe it’s now the fastest growing petition since they’ve been keeping records.
More coverage...
Love some of the comments at that second link...
You make a good point. It is worth noting the Conservatives joined the Labour propagandists and painted reform as Fascist Male White Supremacists. No doubt the Conservatives did as much damage as Labour at this point.
Nothing wrong with Britain that a good guillotine and an intensive deportation program couldn’t cure. Start with the House of Hanover - Saxe-Coburg Gotha - Windsor.
signed it, still have a British passport
Farmers up and down the country feel betrayed
Come on, folks, there is power in numbers.
Speak with one voice.
To those who have yet to do it: Sign the bloody petition.
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