Keir Starmer rules out re-running election as petition passes 2.5million signatures

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-general-election-petition-signatures-labour-b1196122.html

by Fox_9810

26 comments

  1. > Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out calling another general election, but said he is “not surprised” some people who did not support Labour might want a second poll.

    Good to have some light confirmation the prime minister isn’t an idiot I guess.

  2. Good. We are a democracy, with democratic process, not an episode of Big Brother with a weekly public phone in.

    If they want the government out, then win an election like everyone else.

  3. Why are people all of a sudden deciding these petitions hold any value

  4. The petition that’s full of bots? That petition?

    Why is anyone giving this rigged bit of far right grandstanding any attention?

  5. Some of the signers of this petition are definitely people who argued against a second brexit vote as it what people voted for.

    So to those people, “you lost get over it.”

  6. I mean, duh. You can’t just re-run elections until you get a government that’s suitable to Elon fucking Musk.

  8. A petition to stay in the EU hit 6 million.

    Sounds like a deal is on, lads!

  9. The funniest thing is that people are petitioning for a general election because, according to them, Starmer lied to voters.

    But then, Brexit was built on an enormous pile of lies, and when millions signed a petition against it, or people asked for a second referendum, the same kind of people that are involved in this petition told them to suck it and move on because it was the “will of the people”.

    Shocking how some people just have such double standards and don’t consider voting results as the “will of the people” unless they win.

  10. The zombies are at it again, being lead by the richest 1%.

    It would be funny if it wasn’t that the rest of us have to deal with the consequences of their ignorance, like Brexit for example.

  11. If they think we should vote again because their petition has hit a high number, then we can take a look at the rejoining the EU petition which had way more votes

  12. This whole thing is ludicrous and it shouldn’t even be getting press coverage. It’s a nonsense. Two million crybabies want the election re-run because they didn’t get the result they wanted. Jog on. Pathetic.

  13. He’s pretty clearly not going to call an election based on astroturfed nonsense that’s probably partly supported by Russia.

  14. That’s got to be the most stupid petition ever… Mind you now there’s a handy list of 2.5m people to target for the next election or other.

  15. This is the dumbest fucking thing, and I fully blame the Tories for normalising this kind of “let’s throw everything out every six months and make it even madder” chaos politics.

    What meaningful changes do people expect to see in three months? Have any of these people signing this thing paid any attention to the state of the country and the innumerable amount of broken things that can’t be repaired overnight? Do they think that Kemi fucking Badenoch (or indeed Nigel “I’m an MP, really” Farage) would be able to make more progress in the same timeframe?

    We do not live in a serious country.

  16. For reference, there’s also a petition north of 2m signatures demanding meal deals cost £3 again. 

    We are such a deeply unserious country. 

  17. It’s fake. It’s right wing + russian troll farm disinformation and everyone who falls for it is a mug.

  18. The same people that say a referendum is once in a lifetime, wants another GE after 6 months.

  19. They’ve only been in power for 4 months and have only pushed through 2 minor bills. Signing a petition for an election this early is meaningless. Nothing has changed since we last had a chance to vote. Governments get 5 years to implement their mandate, not 4 months, and suggesting we should have another go so oon because your side didn’t win is just ridiculous. These people need to get over themselves.

  20. Nigel Farage : “let’s target these signatures postcodes in the next election.”

  21. I will remain critical of Keith, as I was before the election – but seriously, been in the job for a few months and these pearl clutching wetwipes start a petition, as if the last FOURTEEN FUCKING YEARS was just a banter phase?

    I don’t understand the logic in place, if any exists.

  22. I love the ‘he’s doin’ a terrible job!’ mob. People so quickly forget what true incompetence looks like.

  23. Given Musk is going to be a government lead, can we label his signal boosting/calls for this petition open election interference from a foreign nation?

  25. Starmer ruels out the UK being governed by USA & Russian Bot Farms!

  26. Just going to repost exactly what I said last time

    “It’s honestly embarrassing that this story is getting so much attention.

    Over 6 millions people voted for the tories, and millions of others for other parties.

    It isn’t news that some of them aren’t fans of labour”

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