Support for a re-run of the July election reflects growing dissatisfaction among voters of the current Government's performance
Unsurprisingly, support for another polling day was highest among Reform and Conservative voters, with 81 per cent and 77 per cent of those respondents backing the suggestion, respectively.
“It’s about fighting back against all the increases in taxes and the cost of inflation. As a small business we’ve got to fight back and try and help the people around us and the community,” he told the paper. Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to repeatedly dismiss the suggestion of holding another general election, telling ITV earlier this week that he regularly reminds himself “that very many people didn’t vote Labour at the last election”.The issue was raised again by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch during Prime Minister’s Questions, prompting Starmer to reply: “We had a massive petition on the 4th of July in this country.
This is a fall from the 35 per cent Labour achieved at the general election in July, when the Tories achieved just 24 per cent of the vote. Immediately before the election Labour was polling at 39 per cent and the Tories 22 per cent.
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