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ilovelemondrizzle t1_itnbsf1 wrote

Reply to comment by ShadyAidyX in Rishi Sunak will make history as the first person of color to be Britain’s prime minister. by Heyheyheyone

Well to be fair if you can have as big an impact as Truss, I think it should warrant an election - despite the argument that you vote for the party and not the leader.

That being said, at least May and Johnson called an election to solidify their premiership. I recognise that won’t happen now given their poor standings but there you go.

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ShadyAidyX t1_itndglc wrote

Very true. It’s been such a harsh few years in politics that I’d almost completely forgotten that they’d called elections

I’m with you - the Leader of the country makes up such a significant part of the ruling parties psyche that any change of leadership means that fundamentally, the party itself is not the one that was voted into office. A GE should be required by law under these circumstances

All this talk of mandates is bullshit. Calling a GE is the only mandate inherited with a change of leader under these circumstances

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