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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T14:21:38.000Z",
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    "Andy Burnham could have free run at No10 as minister confirms he won't stand to replace Keir Starmer",
    "Watch the moment Keir Starmer deflects Andy Burnham heckle at PMQs: ‘Not today!’",
    "Andy Burnham given ultimatum as Labour 'dark horse' Al Carns tells GB News: 'Give me the vision!'",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nBritons are backing a general election following Sir Keir Starmer's resignation announcement on Monday, a new poll shows.\n\nForty-eight per cent of Britons are in favour of a general election, a YouGov poll has shown, echoing the thoughts of Reform UK's leader Nigel Farage.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe MP for Clacton demanded a general election moments after Sir Keir announced his timetable for resignation on Monday morning.\n\nIn an essay published on Substack, Mr Farage said the Labour party will \"try their very hardest to hold off on a general election\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe wrote: \"This is how the uniparty operates. The truth is that they are frightened of us.\n\n\"That’s why they band together at every by-election to attempt to block us from victory, why they tried to cancel the local elections and why they’ll try their very hardest to hold off on a general election for as long as possible.\"\n\nThe YouGov shows 35 per cent of Britons do not want a general election, with 17 per cent saying they \"don't know\".\n\nA deeper look at the polls show a strong partisan split, indicating a polarised populous.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nReform voters overwhelmingly back a general election at 88 per cent in favour, in step with the party's leader.\n\nMr Farage reiterated his point while being interviewed on GB News yesterday, telling Christopher Hope that once a new Prime Minister succeeds Sir Keir, it \"has to be put to the public\".\n\nSeventy-two per cent of Tory voters were in favour of a national vote.\n\nThe majority of Liberal Democrats and the Green voters were in the \"no general election\" camp, both at 52 per cent.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Andy Burnham could have free run at No10 as minister confirms he won't stand to replace Keir Starmer\n  * Watch the moment Keir Starmer deflects Andy Burnham heckle at PMQs: ‘Not today!’\n  * Andy Burnham given ultimatum as Labour 'dark horse' Al Carns tells GB News: 'Give me the vision!'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHowever, 37 per cent of Lib Dems were in favour, shortly followed by Greens at 30 per cent.\n\nSixty-two per cent of Labour supporters are against the country heading to the polls, with just over a quarter in favour.\n\nOther politicians have not been so explicit in their calling a general election as Mr Farage.\n\nThe Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said a general election must be called if Mr Burnham is unable to fund defence properly.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nShe said: \"If Andy Burnham does not have any answers on national security, we should have a general election now.\"\n\nThe MP for West Essex said she was \"not worried\" about a national vote, adding Reform is \"not ready for governing\".\n\nLeader of the Lib Dems Sir Ed Davey has not mentioned a general election, but did respond to Sir Keir's resignation, writing on X: \"The carousel of Prime Ministers keeps turning, but nothing really changes.\"\n\nZack Polanski, leader of the Green party indicated he would be open to working with a Burnham-led Government.\n\nWhen asked if he would consider partnering with Mr Burnham in a coalition, Mr Polanski said: \"It’s hard to know what my relationship will be with Andy Burnham, because it depends what version of Andy Burnham turns up.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"There’s an old Westminster joke you’ll know about a Milibandite, a Blairite and a Corbynite. I guess it depends which version turns up.\n\n\"I’m not just talking about the personality of the man – he’s someone I have time for – but in terms of what the politics are.\"\n\nIt is looking highly likely Mr Burnham will be the next Prime Minister, possibly as soon as July 17.\n\nThere are currently no leadership challengers to the freshly-sworn in Makerfield MP after Darren Jones said this morning he will back Mr Burnham's premiership.\n\nThere is also chatter that Al Carns, the former armed forces minister, will make a leadership challenge to the former Manchester mayor, but he said yesterday he was \"not ready to make a decision\".\n\nHe added: \"What I would say is we need to move from the politics which talk through the tactics and actually think about the strategy and what I’m really looking for are big objective outcomes that we want to get to in 2029 and 2034-35.\"\n\nCurrent voting intention puts Reform UK in the lead at 25 per cent, followed by the Conservatives at 20 per cent, then Labour at 18 per cent.\n\nThe Greens are on 15 per cent, closely followed by the Lib Dems at 14 per cent.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Britons back Nigel Farage's call for snap general election, new poll shows"
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