The claim has been widely shared on TikTok, Facebook and also on Threads and X—but isn't correct.
This isn't the case. A petition on the UK Government and Parliament website has just over three million signatures, but there is no live petition with six million signatures. A petition urging an immediate general election in the UK has now exceeded six million signatures. Claims that a petition calling for an immediate general election has more than six million signatures are circulating on social media. The claim, which appears to have originated on TikTok, has also been shared on Facebook, where it has over 600 shares, as well as on Threads and X (Twitter). The posts include an image of the Prime Minister Keir Starmer along with text saying: "A petition urging an immediate general election in the UK has now exceeded 6 million signatures." A description with one of the TikTok videos, which has been viewed more than 162,000 times, says: "A petition calling for an immediate general…