LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer has again demanded an immediate general election — and not another Tory leadership experiment.
Sir Keir warned against having another “experiment at the top of the Tory party”.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has again demanded an immediate general election — and not another Tory leadership experiment
He told the BBC: “This is not just a soap opera at the top of the Tory party – it’s doing huge damage to the reputation of our country.
“We need a general election so the public can have their say on this utter chaos.”
The new leader and PM is expected to be revealed by next Friday at the latest, after a weekend of tussling between Tory MPs to gather support for the leadership.
Last night a poll from Opinium for ITV’s Peston – carried out before Liz Truss quit – showed that 68 per cent of the public would want an election if she threw in the towel.
But Penny Mordaunt backer Robbie Moore MP warned against more chaos in a general vote, saying: “The last thing that anybody wants is more of an economic shock, more instability that is created, and I think absolutely the last thing we need is a general election at this moment in time.”
A petition demanding the public get a new vote has now passed 300,000 signatures.
The next general election is currently scheduled to take place no later than January 2025.
