Portsmouth MP Stephen Morgan has criticised the Prime Minister for refusing to call a general election despite the clear wishes of people in Portsmouth and across the country.
According to latest polling two-thirds of the public want Rishi Sunak to call a general election by the summer and cast their verdict on almost 14 years of Tory rule.
The poll for The Mirror shows 31% of people want the vote to take place “as soon as possible” while 19% said the spring and 16% opted for the summer.
Just 9% of the public want an election in autumn and ever fewer (3%) said winter.
Despite the wishes of the British public, today the Prime Minister said it’s his “working assumption” that a General Election will be in the second half of the year.
Commenting on the news, Portsmouth MP Stephen Morgan said:
“People in Portsmouth and across the country are crying out for a general election to get rid of the Tories and this government as soon as possible.
“In 14 years of Conservative rule, we have seen the NHS pushed past breaking point, crime on the rise and living standards continue to fall.
“Our country desperately needs a change of direction and a change of leadership. But instead we have to put up with an out-of-touch weak Prime Minister whose only ambition is to hold onto power for as long as possible.”
Pat McFadden MP, Labour’s National Campaign Coordinator, responding to Rishi Sunak saying it’s his “working assumption” that a General Election will be in the second half of the year, said:
“All we have learned today is that our unelected Prime Minister has yet again bottled holding the election. He needs to stop hiding, stop being so weak, stop squatting in Number 10 without a mandate and simply come clean with the public: when will the British people get their say on 14 years of Tory failure?
“Even now Rishi Sunak is still leaving himself as much wiggle room as possible. But the reality is clear: the only thing worse than five more months of this Tory government would be five more years.
“This can be the year of change. The power to end Tory drift and decline and begin national renewal with Labour lies with the voters. The sooner they get their say the better.”
