The Independent has launched a petition calling for a general election to be held in the UK following the unprecedented chaos caused by recent political events.
Liz Truss has quit as prime minister after just 45 days in office. She had no mandate for her abrupt changes of policy when she took charge – except from 81,000 Conservative Party members, a tiny and unrepresentative section of the population. Nor did she have any authority for her U-turns, repeatedly changing the government’s fundamental stance on taxes and public spending.
