Elon Musk joins millions of Brits demanding new election after Labour's u-turns

A petition asking for new UK elections gets unexpected support from tech-billionaire **Elon Musk**. Growing fast on parliamentʼs website the petition points at Labourʼs unfulfilled campaign promises

November 25 2024 , 11:37 AM  •  259 views

Elon Musk joins millions of Brits demanding new election after Labour's u-turns

In a mid-november turn of events Elon Musk jumped into UK politics supporting an online-petition that asks for new elections. The tech mogul (who will work with president-elect Trump next year) backed the petition which got almost 2M signatures in just a few days

The petition started by Michael Westwood points at Labourʼs broken promises; its getting huge attention on the parliamentʼs website. According to rules: petitions with 10k signatures need governments answer‚ ones with 100k might get MPʼs debate time

Here are main promises Labour didnt keep:
* No-tax-increase promise broken with new employer fees
* University tuition fees stayed despite promise to remove them
* Inheritance tax changes hit farmers hard
* Changes to National Insurance despite pre-election words

Sir Keir Starmerʼs government faces big push-back just 4 months after winning July elections. A Labour insider said to media: “This Government got its mandate to make changes and those who lost should accept it“ However the petition keeps getting more signatures until may-2025 deadline

Musk who already criticized Starmer for his summer riot response wrote: “The people of Britain have had enough of a tyrannical police state“. Even though petition might get debated its unlikely to change anything – next regular elections wont happen till twenty-twenty-nine