Politics UK
Could there be an Election in 2022 or 2023?
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With Sunak being 2 Prime Ministers removed from a mandate from the public, many are calling for a general election in the UK. So how could this come about? Is Sunak likely to call one himself? Could Parliament trigger one? Or will the new King intervene?
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In this video we explore Burnham’s promise to implement a more representative electoral system in the UK but will he actually succeed where countless other governments have failed – and actually change the voting system?
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History of Electoral Reform
Idox Group Electoral Reform: A Never Ending Story?
https://www.idoxgroup.com/insights/electoral-reform-a-never-ending-story/
BBC News Opposing Voting Reform ‘Selfish’ and ‘Immoral’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41775307
UK in a Changing Europe Electoral Reform: the State of Debate and Future Prospects
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/electoral-reform-the-state-of-debate-and-future-prospects/
Make Votes Matter 2024 Was Our Least Representative Election Ever
News Articles
Electoral Reform Society Prime Minister Announces Manifesto Pledge at Labour Conference
Prime Minister announces manifesto pledge and historic National Commission at Labour Conference
The Guardian Labour MPs Will Push Burnham to back Voting Reform
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/25/andy-burnham-electoral-reform-first-past-the-post
Labour List Majority of MPs Back Review of Voting System
https://labourlist.org/2026/08/majority-labour-mps-review-voting-system/
Official Resources
Parliament UK Alex Sobel Amendment
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/stages/20676/amendments/10035247
Labour Andy Burnham Conference Speech Transcript
Polling
YouGov Should We Change Our Current British Voting System
https://yougov.com/en-gb/trackers/should-we-change-our-current-british-voting-system
More in Common September MRP Poll
0:00 Can Burnham Actually Ditch First-Past-the-Post?
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Nigel Farage said Andy Burnham’s comments about potentially rejoining the EU had given him “the biggest boost in [his] career”. We look at why — even if it seems counter-intuitive — another Brexit debate could actually hurt Farage.
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Farage responds to Burnham’s decision to reopen EU debate
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/01/burnhams-reopening-of-brexit-debate-is-biggest-boost-in-my-career-says-farage
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/30/andy-burnham-uk-could-go-all-the-way-rejoining-eu
British public sentiment on the EU
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54925-what-do-britons-think-of-brexit-10-years-since-the-referendum
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54567-how-strong-is-uk-support-for-rejoining-the-european-union
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/half-want-to-rejoin-eu-and-backing-it-could-drive-up-labour-vote-megapoll-finds
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-politico-poll-britons-want-to-get-closer-to-the-eu-and-even-farages-voters-agree/
Economic impact of Brexit
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/brexits-impact-on-the-uk-economy/
https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-has-brexit-affected-business-investment-in-the-uk
Reform UK crises
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckly020edl45o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v4zvyde15o
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Yesterday, Holborn and St. Pancras headed to the polls to select a new MP (replacing former MP Keir Starmer). With another leader on the ballot, the Green’s Zack Polanski, all eyes were on the race… one Polanski ultimately lost.
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It’s been a few days now, but the UK is still responding to the reverberations caused by Andy Burnham’s bombshell conference speech. But in this video, we’re going to focus on one of his speech’s last topics: the UK-EU relationship.
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Before the Brexit referendum, a whole bunch of MPs explained to Britain how the economy would collapse post-Brexit. While Brexit hasn’t yet happened, some did say that the destruction would take place immediately after the vote; which didn’t exactly happen as expected. So in this video, we explain what’s happened and why the economy hasn’t done too badly in the end.
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[2] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/timeseries/mgsx/lms
[3] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/quarterlynationalaccounts/apriltojune2019
[4] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/compendium/unitedkingdomnationalaccountsthebluebook/2019/nationalaccountsataglance
[5] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/timeseries/mgsx/lms
[6] – https://www.economist.com/britain/2019/10/31/britains-economy-is-holding-up-well-for-now
[7] – https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/bulletins/familyspendingintheuk/financialyearending2018#household-spending-in-fye-2018-was-the-highest-since-fye-2005
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@antonywilliams4859
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
What law is it that mandates an election must be held within a 5 year window? Why can't a government (with a large enough majority in both the commons or the Lords) Revoke any such law or change it to, let's say every 20 years? Similarly why can't a government raise the voting age to 65?
@garybjorkelund9736
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
People of England
Do the right thing and do not vote for any Tory under the local elections
Why they have failed cheated the population of the uk
And do nothing for people
For over a decade they have ignored the bigger issues
And need removed
General election must be called that’s what the population want
@kevinheath7588
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Answer looks like it was a no.
@m.lincoln
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
If there's an early election in 2023: The Conservatives will surely lose.
If the election takes place in 2024 as mandated: The Conservatives will surely win.
@lwinklly
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
0:05 53th prime minister
@lordchevonlier1583
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
As an outsider, I cannot tell if labour is utterly pissed because they could very easily have a majority government. Or they're just sitting back either to watch the conservatives implode or because they want to learn how not to govern from the conservatives until 2024
@harukrentz435
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
No we shall wait til the torries installed their 10th PM after Brexit.
@broodingelm2216
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
6 years is too long for a General election cycle. Should be maximum 4 years. In Australia it's 3 years.
@jeffcriton6944
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Why did you start your video screaming like a little girl?
@jameshumphreys9715
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
People should vote for the party, who can deliver for the country and the party select the party leader, who becomes the PM, the mandate would be manifesto that party chose, remember this is Parliamentary system not a Presidential system.
@irishque
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Poddahhhh
@BlueLiberty20
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Labour: There should be an election now because democracy is great, and by the way, we wanted to overturn the referendum result!
@albertgao7256
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
consider the voting result of brexit, i do not have any confidence in the general election, lots of voters are even stupid than those politicians…..
@amolkhobaragade7671
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Do the British people like to vote so much that they call a general election every 2 years!
@Han-rw9ev
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
I'd be down for a new election.
The current lot in charge seem dead set on stripping regular working class people of their rights and protections.
@cheeseboi6357
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Right but, either one of these happen and an election is called, or theres a coup by the british people. Simple as that.
@Louis-bh4xb
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
it’s ridiculous that they can change prime ministers whenever the party feels like it and we, the people that elect these politicians, do not get a say. We need a presidential system in this country and a general election!
@jaiswole8709
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Right everyone write a letter to the king let’s get them gone 🎉
@THOR_THE_GOD
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
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@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Mind Begs the Question:
If a Nation – building Concentration Camps
Person of that Nations origin – stays Silent
If appointed – U.K's Prime Minister
As U.K standing with Fascists,No?
@PrezidentHughes
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Why should the monarch have a power that ppl don't want him to use? That's so childish.
@iamseamonkey6688
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
the UK needs shorter terms. currently the UK only holds an election every 5 years, which is a long time and should be dropped to either 4 or 3 years. Also the UK's election system is very flawed. it needs to implement preferrential voting (which almost happened in 2011) and replace it's tiny single member constituancies with slightly larger multi-member constituancies these things together will make the UK parliament much more representative of the people and thus make it a stronger democracy
@jensboettiger5286
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
how embarrassing
@seanfaherty
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
I would suspect so
The windfall tax is just a nod to the middle class .
Then call an election to get a mandate to do terrible stupid supply side things
I don’t trust it but I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt for now
@ethangivvons3859
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Or we could just kick them out🤷🏼♂️
@kennethferland5579
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
UK needs a way for the population to initiate an election when the current government is so clearly governing AGAINST the will of the people. 5 years is WAY too long of a time period for a legislative body to go without elections. And frankly I don't see anything wrong with the King calling an election in this situation, he's letting the people choose the government, not choosing it for them.
@TheMurciano
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Much rather Conservatives be in power than clueless Labour🎉
@madmonkee6757
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
WhoM did we carve?
I guess none of you speak English.
@madmonkee6757
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
If he WERE to call an election now…
Do you speak English at all?
@madmonkee6757
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
*the FIRST group
The PM is (again) NOT a group, not they.
@madmonkee6757
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
*all by HIMself.
The PM is just one person, not a committee, not a them.
@SirAntoniousBlock
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Why should the king intervene in the democratic process? The English public voted for the Tories 4 times and for brexit they haven't learned their lesson yet, when they are ready to they will vote them out.
@johnbell9069
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
I'm just surprised that bojo the poison clown didn't try to call a GE as the ultimate act of spite against those people who were forcing him to resign! Maybe he just didn't know about it and nobody was going to tell him!
@Sergiblacklist
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Come on Charlie 😂
@user-ht1vg5we2p
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
perhaps if Sunak also turns out unpopular, and if the cries for an election become louder and louder, enough Tory backbenchers could vote no confidence in him, to take a principled stance and thus their only chance of retaining ther seat, since it might be worse for them if they support an upopular government. If they remain loyal, they are just staying on the sinking ship and allowing the general unpopularity of the party to affect them personally
@FluffyAdmiral
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Do you think that if people would make a petition of calling for a vote of no confidence in the government and large number of population would sign it, would that be a good trigger for the government to realise that they got no mandate and call the GE anyway?
@christophermcguire7888
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Not, in a pigs eye, the Tories/Nazis are so far, behind, you thought 97 was bad, there'd be, no opposition to be leader of. Bloody, King Charles, never, forget it.
@AT-bf8ol
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
People are wanting a general election, yet they'll just vote for Tories again.
@StevenSmith-mk5fg
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
It's in the Tories best interests to put the election off for a long as possible in the hope this recent shambles get's forgotten (a lot can happen in a year or two). The problem is that Rishi seems to be changing policies. What the UK now essentially has is an unelected oligarch as PM changing policies without a mandate. It will be interesting to see how long this can go on for
@siegechamp2295
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
5:18 Why is the russian monarch here? XD
@avatar_tian9340
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Same thing this year in Malaysia.
@TheMrFishnDucks
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Sunak is facing a centrist labour going into serious crisis economic and heating for winter, he has this in the bag.
@miahlee211
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Part of me feels that If the King does so, the Movie "Charles III" could become prophetic.
@in5linesofcodeorless552
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
PROTEST!!!
@DanielleTinkov
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
Realistically the King can call an election only if things are really bad and there's a deep political crisis. If the Tories continue to burn through unpopular PMs and the economy stays in the gutter, it's not unlikely that at some point the monarch will intervene by first privately telling the PM that they need to call an election and if they refuse do it themselves. This, however, will require enormous disapproval for the ruling party (even beyond what it is now) and huge popular support for a new general election. It will also be unprecedented, but everything these days is.
@9SMTM6
December 27, 2023 at 3:08 pm
It is funny how everybody just accepts that politicians, people who are elected to represent the will of the people, are entirely unwilling of accepting the people's will and stepping back when they're unwanted and have no real perspective.
These UK politicians (and unfortunately most politicians these days, but the UK and US ones are the clear leaders these days) have no integrity AT ALL.