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With Indian-origin Rishi Sunak set to take charge as the British Prime Minister, calls for general election are getting louder with almost two-thirds of voters wanting it before the end of the year, a poll has found.
Some 62 per cent of people said they wanted to see a general election be held in 2022, once Rishi Sunak had taken office as Prime Minister, polling company Ipsos has found.
At the beginning of August, 51 per cent of people told Ipsos they would back a general election. The latest figures came from a survey of 1,000 adults between October 20 and 21.
Sunak, who is expected to go to Buckingham Palace to meet King Charles III, ruled out an election quickly after he was announced as the new Conservative leader.
“Certainly, he said that there will be no early general election,” Simon Hoare, a senior MP who supported Sunak, told reporters.
