Meet the man behind the viral petition calling for a general election | LBC

Michael Westwood, the man who started the viral petition calling for a general election, joins Nick Ferrari to discuss the motivation behind it.

Westwood says the government has 'lied to get into power' and 'must be held responsible', but acknowledges the petition is unlikely to glean results.

Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out calling another general election. Asked about the petition on ITV's This Morning, he said he was "not surprised" some people who did not support Labour might want a second poll.

Petitions do not have the legal power to force an election, which can only be called by the PM requesting the monarch to dissolve parliament, via loss of confidence in the Government, or a scheduled election which takes place every five years.

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[Richard_Turner]

Were not going to sit back and be lied to... 350 million a week, no downsides only considerable upsides. 40 new hospitals, no parties were held in no 10. The guy voted tory so seems hes perfectly happy to be lied to!

[AD]

You lost...get over it. Overturning Brexit petitions got SIX TIMES AS MANY SIGNATURES

[MalkWilliams]

Man who doesn't want to be lied to still voted Conservative. Wow.

[shaunyboy]

Better the devil you know? The Torries have been stamping on my head for 14 years, but I don't like the idea of this other guy so I'll just let the Torries keep on stamping...what an absolute muppet.

[MightyCraicDJ]

Conservative voter complains about state of country

[brianferguson]

Hundreds of thousands of signatures from foreign bots is meaningless nonsense when after the 6, 000, 000 signatures for a second brexit vote was dismissed with "YOU LOST, GET OVER IT"

[originalbadboy]

The Tories weren't held to account in 14 years.

Jog on....

[nearlythere]

Dont worry son, you will get your election in 4 odd years time. Now, when will the 6 Million who voted for another brexit ref' get their wish?

[paulbird]

Talking of "performance" what happened to Borris's 40 hospitals, 20 thousand police officers, and 50 thousand teachers. What ROLLOX.

[billymcloughlin]

I would love to know what happened to this whinging pub landlord's finances after the Liz Truss budget?

[nattytom]

Are LBC speaking for the UK or foreign country trying to overthrow our government .

[deanboylan]

Short sighted, immediate answers to 14 years of poor governance is not possible, grow up.

[FromTheDugout]

"I voted Conservative because it was better the devil you know" 😂 then says they didn't do a terrible job... Oh yeah they had a proven track record of not lying to the public didn't they!

[nichotto]

Happy for Johnson, Truss and Sunak to lie their heads off though. Oh and let’s not forget the biggest grifter and liar, Farage. What has happened to people in this country ?

[ADHDVLOGS]

The only people who are angry at the Labour Party are the ones who have been getting things for free for a long time.

If people really want to help the economy and the NHS they need to start paying their way.

[femazik]

1. what happened to the second brexit referendum petition?
2. I cannot remember this guy doing the same during previous 14 years of tories dragging this country to the very bottom....

[danyell]

Does this guy think if we keep holding elections that eventually we are going to find a government who tells us the truth? If he thinks he will get more honesty from Farage or if he thinks being endorsed by Musk is a badge of honour - well he should stick to serving pints.

[SpikePBB]

The Tories lied about Brexit, did we have another referendum? No.

[Jay-xwll]

Yet he didn't make any petitions for 15 years of Tory disgrace? Tory haters just can't stand losing.

[flemlion]

Now he's complaining of being lied to, after more than a decade of tory lies?