Rishi is PM - coronation, unelected -GE Now

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This is not democracy.

The conservatives won the last general election for a five year term , the leader was not voted in so nope for me no justification for a call for an election now

I’m glad it’s not Johnson’s again as his clown act wins millions of votes for some reason. Probably they have whatever bug Nadine Dorries has. Sunak is what he is: a hugely privileged individual who chose to join a political party which aims to maintain the massive wealth inequality present in the UK compared to other OECD nations and run down and then privatise all public services. . Apart from that he seems alright I guess.

But is Sunak's mandate aligned with BoJo's which won him the election? If not it's perfectly reasonable to call for a GE.

What's the purpose of a democracy, if the majority of voters vote using popularity method ?

That's what you would like to think. English isn't a race.

It is democracy.

We do not vote for a PM. We vote for our MPs.

Agree

@mrsbyers

youre right there is not much legal justification. Though the fact that some in the government themselves are calling for a GE suggests the country would be better getting rid ASAP. Through Brexit followed by general economic incompetence they’ve wrecked the economy good and proper. At least public services aren’t under strain and housing is readily available. Oh …

It is democracy.
We dont elect the prime minister in this country.

We elect a local MP. That is all. The party with the most MPs becomes the leading party, and they choose their own leader. That party leader is our PM.

You may elect your local MP because of the party they are a member of or you may elect them because they, specifically, are the person you want as your local MP. It doesn't matter. Either way, you choose and MP, but you dont choose the prime minister.

Consverative are the leading party until the next GE. They choose their leader. That's who we get as PM.

This people are whining now nobody listened to us a couple of years ago 😡. Now they are whining about it , the bills have come in and we have to pay for the excessive spending and money printing.

Yes it is unfortunately - this is the type of democracy we have.

When you vote you are voting for your local MP, not the party or the PM. Your local MP then has the right to make decisions on your behalf - they are not there to represent your views.

A party can change its leader as many times as they like - it is only tradition that means the PM is the leader of the biggest parliament, it is not law - The King (I just wrote Queen and had to delete) can choose who ever he wants to be PM. The only stipulation is it has to be the person who can manage the majority of MP's.

You're baffled that a large chunk of the electorate see this Tory clown show as stretching the definition of democracy? I can only assume you spend a large chunk of your time existing in a state of bafflement.

This!
I think he’s the best person for the country although I’d have been happy to see him as Chancellor too.

It's all been planned, we have all been completely set up. Corrupt criminal globalist Tories.

Buckle up people. Now it’s time to pay for Rishi’s largesse when he borrowed and printed half a trillion pounds so that you could stay at home and bake banana bread and watch Netflix. Don’t remember anyone in these quarters complaining why healthy people were locked at home while the economy was being destroyed. Why so much rage at Rishi now?

This^^

Like they have in Wales when Dripford took charge

So who did you want to take over from Truss?

Not a Tory but while we're stuck with them, here's hoping Rishi can fix some of the mess he and his party have made. Won't hold my breath though...

The man who misplaced 40 billion you mean...

Any old Joe could also be a Labour party member.

Yep. Everyone in cuckoo land at the time.

Oh please, as if they have the intelligence or self-discipline to execute any kind of plan.

took you long enough! Guess you still want Liz Truss and her fairytale method of adding up?

Really? So Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were preferable because of their policies? Look where that got us.