Britain's latest Conservative PM - the third in three months has said he will not seek approval for his agenda, citing the Tories' 2019 general election won under Boris Johnson. But a new survey has found that 64 per cent of voters - including half of 2019 Tory voters - say Mr Sunak should call a general election.
The Redfield and Wilton Strategies poll, carried out after Mr Sunak entered Downing Street, found that 50 per cent of Tory backers want an election now, compared with only 40 per cent who do not want to go to the polls early. It marks the highest level of support for an early election among all voters, and among Tory supporters, since the arrival of Liz Truss at No 10 and the turmoil of the disastrous mini-Budget.
Meanwhile, the number of signatures on The Independent's petition for an immediate election passed 460,000, part of our Election Now campaign arguing that it is time for voters to decide who should govern the country.
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