Labour urges Rishi Sunak to call general election as he approaches one year as Prime Minister

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Labour has called for Rishi Sunak to call a general election as he nears a year as Prime Minister.Sunak will mark a year as Prime Minister on Wednesday, but he has trailed Labour in the opinion polls for his entire time in office.Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray said Sunak had been in charge "a year too long" and called for a general election to happen immediately.Murray also mocked Sunak for having "lost to Liz Truss and a lettuce" in his bid to become Prime Minister.The SNP has said that the Tories are on their way out and said Sunak had "crashed the economy and fuelled the cost of living crisis".Sunak came to power on October 25, 2022 after Liz Truss' disastrous seven-week term in office.He had attempted to become Boris Johnson's successor earlier in the year, but Truss had beaten him in the leadership contest.Murray said: “The Prime Minister lost to Liz Truss and a lettuce and now wants to present himself as what the country needs."He’s had a year too long and what we need is a general election so that Labour can offer the change the country needs.”Truss was the shortest-serving Prime Minister of all time.

Her time in charge was widely mocked, with the Daily Star running a livestream of an iceberg lettuce, which it said would last longer than Truss would be in office.SNP Deputy Westminster leader Mhairi Black said:“After a year of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister, one thing is clear - the Tories are on their way out at the general election.“The Tories at Westminster have crashed the economy and fuelled the cost of living crisis with Brexit, leaving households across Scotland struggling to pay rent, mortgages and bills, and put food on the table.“At the next UK election, the choice for Scotland isn’t about Labour or