Almost 1,000 people in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk have signed an online petition calling for a general election, figures show.

A petition on the Parliament website calling for a general election has reached more than 600,000 signatures – with 941 coming from people living in the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency as of 3pm yesterday Monday October 17.

The petition asks for "an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government".

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It lists the war in Ukraine, problems with the Northern Ireland protocol, looming recession and renewed calls for Scottish independence as among "the greatest set of challenges we have seen in our lifetimes".

"Let the people decide who leads us through this turmoil," the petition concludes.

The three largest opposition parties in Westminster – Labour, the Scottish National Party, and the Liberal Democrats – all called for a general election last week, in response to the economic problems brought on by the Government's September mini-budget.

Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said the Prime Minister had "trashed the British economy" and "humiliated the Conservative Government in the eyes of the world".

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“People are angry, they are fed up, and they’re worried about the future, but above all, they are furious with this Conservative Party, so I think it’s time they had their say – it’s time for a general election,” he told BBC News on Friday.

Across Scotland, 52,806 people had signed the petition by Monday afternoon.