Rejected petition Give government time to debate the Prime Minister's resignation

An online petition was submitted demanding the resignation of PM Keir Starmer. (1) It has reached over 300,000 signatures. Given the rate at which it is gathering signatures this matter should be debated in parliament.

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After the resignations of Boris Johnson & Liz Truss Labour demanded a general election. It is only right that should PM Starmer be forced to resign we have a general election.

(1) Demand Change: Keir Starmer, Step Down Now! https://www.change.org/p/demand-change-keir-starmer-step-down-now

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

We can't accept petitions about appointments, which includes calling for elected representatives or public servants to resign or be removed from office.

You may wish to sign the existing open petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 16 November 2024
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