SIR Keir Starmer has shrugged disconnected a petition signed by much than TWO MILLION Brits demanding a drawback wide election.
The PM dismissed the increasing backlash and insisted helium is “not surprised” radical privation a re-run.
Appearing connected ITV’s This Morning, the PM argued vexation is inevitable arsenic his Government is focused connected doing the "difficult things first".
He said: "I punctual myself that precise galore radical didn't ballot Labour astatine the past election.
"I'm not that amazed that galore of them privation a re-run.
"That isn't however our strategy works."
He went on: "The happening is, if you marque your caput up, arsenic I person done, that we're going to bash the hard things first, past I deliberation it's inevitable that radical bash consciousness their hard decisions..."
The petition, which accuses Labour of breaking predetermination promises and calls for a caller election, has exploded since being launched by tiny business proprietor Michael Westwood.
It present stands astatine astir 2 cardinal signatures, gaining tens of thousands of names each hr aft being shared by right-wing politicians and figures.
Tech mogul Elon Musk, the proprietor of X and a subordinate of US President Donald Trump’s incoming administration, shared a station claiming that the petition had breached a grounds for the fastest clip to scope 100,000 signatures, branding the assertion “interesting”.
Reform UK person Nigel Farage MP and his lawman Richard Tice MP shared the petition connected Sunday, with Farage saying he’d “never seen thing similar it”.
Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith besides shared a nexus connected X, saying: “If this Labour authorities were a user product, aft Rachel Reeves’s Budget taxation rises ('we person nary plans to summation tax') radical could instrumentality it nether user misselling rules.”
The Prime Minister's Great Escape
SIR Keir Starmer recovered himself successful a choky spot this play – virtually – arsenic helium joined his girl successful an flight country for her birthday.
Revealing his household adventure, the Prime Minister told ITV's This Morning: “She insisted we spell to 1 of these flight rooms wherever you get locked successful and person to lick clues to get out.
"When she archetypal said it, I thought, ‘Great! I’ll person a bully cupful of java and spot you erstwhile you’re done.’
'But she said 'you are successful determination with me'. So we did it yesterday."
The PM besides shared different glimpse of his household life, revealing his go-to-dish is simply a cheesy pasta bake.