Finally a date has been set – 29 January 2025 – for the government to debate points posed by the now infamous ‘Call a General Election’ petition. ‘I would like there to be another General Election,’ reads the blurb on the website. ‘I believe the current Labour government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.’ Many of the nearly three million who signed – unless they’re fantasists – will have done it more in agreement with the second statement than hope of the first. But how did we get here in under five months? Will Keir Starmer, at his announced ‘reset’ this Thursday, acknowledge the sheer speed of voter-disillusionment with Labour under his leadership?
It’s worth remembering the gap between Starmer’s gushing presentation of his party and what, without pausing to blush, they’ve actually given us
It’s worth remembering the gap between Starmer’s gushing presentation of his party and what, without pausing to blush, they’ve actually given us.
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