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Tory grandee says Rishi Sunak overturning a Supreme Court judgement is “very dangerous".

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[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] theinspectorst@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

300-odd (and odd) Tory MPs.

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a feeling it was nowhere near that unanimous.

[–] theinspectorst@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was the only candidate.

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, apathy.

Apathy elected Rishi Sunak.

[–] PatMustard@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Well they voted for Truss first

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

His constituency as an MP and the Tory party membership elected him leader.

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Nope. Tory Party membership had a choice and elected Truss.

You could make an argument that he was tacitly elected by the Parliamentary Conservative Party but even this relies on an opt-out vote rather than an actual positive vote.

[–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

I learnt about the concept of "Elected Dictatorship" in A-level politics in 1999/00. The UK has been widely regarded an ED for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective_dictatorship