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A viral petition demanding a brand new common election over Labour and Sir Keir Starmer’s “broken promises” has soared to just about three million signatures.

The Government swept to energy with an enormous majority in July’s nationwide ballot, ratcheting up a stonking 174-seat majority within the House of Commons.

But even because the outcomes had been declared, critics identified that Labour solely achieved a 33.7% share of the vote – simply 1.6% greater than the get together achieved when Jeremy Corbyn was comprehensively crushed in 2019.

Since then, the Government has slumped to document ranges of unpopularity, with a web approval score of -39 in keeping with polling agency YouGov.

The petition is now at greater than 2.9million and will surpass three million this weekend, with Elon Musk among the many high-profile figures sharing it on social media.

Mr Westwood instructed the Express final week: “Not in my wildest dreams did I think this was going to take off like it has.”

He stated Rachel Reeves’s tax-raising Budget, which can hike prices for small companies like his because of rises within the dwelling wage and employers’ National Insurance contributions, had induced his fury.

However, throughout an interview on ITV’s This Morning, Sir Keir dismissed the petition, saying he was “not surprised” his opponents needed a second ballot.

“That isn’t how our system works,” he added.