Keir Starmer issues defiant response to petition calling for general election

Keir Starmer reacts to general election petition. Source: ITV News

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00:00But are you now feeling the pressure?

00:02Because I think there's a petition that's currently on the line.

00:05Your approval ratings have dropped.

00:061.9 people who want the election to go again.

00:08It's over 2 million. Is it 2 million now?

00:10It's just over 2 million. Do you feel the pressure?

00:12Look, I remind myself that very many people

00:15didn't vote Labour at the last election.

00:17I don't... I'm not surprised that many of them mourned a rerun.

00:22That isn't how our system works.

00:24There would be plenty of people

00:26who didn't want us in in the first place.

00:28So, look, what I focus on is the decisions

00:31that I have to make every day.