Victoria Derbyshire Roasts 'Hypocritical' Lucy Powell Over Liz Truss Snap Election Demand

Labour's deputy leader does not want the country going to the polls when Andy Burnham becomes PM

Victoria Derbyshire branded Labour’s deputy leader “hypocritical” after she said Andy Burnham should not call a snap election, despite demanding one when Liz Truss quit.

Lucy Powell demanded the country go to the polls after Truss resigned as prime minister in October, 2022, after just 49 days in office.

On BBC One’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, which was presented this morning by Derbyshire, Powell was reminded of a post she put on Facebook that day.

Derbyshire told her: “You posted ‘let the public decide the next prime minister. General election now’. Do you want a general election now so the public can decide their next prime........

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