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> Due to the timing of party politics and General Elections, she'll have been elected by the Conservative party, not by the actual UK electorate. The UK electo
by Jaruzel 4y ago
> Due to the timing of party politics and General Elections, she'll have been elected by the Conservative party, not by the actual UK electorate.
The UK electorate does not elect a Leader, it elects a Party. Currently, the elected party is the Conservatives, and that does not change even if the party leader (and as they are the party in power, the de facto Prime Minister) of the Conservatives change. There is no requirement for a General Election, as the elected party isn't changing.
I DO have issue with the process to whittle the clutch of candidates for the role down to two, as that process is restricted to tory MPs only who as we always observe, do endless back room deals to secure their own places in the new regime. I feel that this should have been a standard popularity election with all hopefuls listed on the ballot and the entire tory party membership voting.
- Macha 4y agoThe UK electorate does not elect a party either, it elects a bunch of local MPs, and the MPs in term elect a leader. While many voters of course vote for the MP who represents the party who is headed by their desired leader, MPs defecting could just as easily flip the government to another party without consulting the electorate, as they can replace the PM with another from the same party.
- vmilner 4y agoThey almost certainly won’t vote for a single party next time - Minority Labour supported by SNP seems almost inevitable now.
- Jaruzel 4y agoWithout going down a political rabbit hole on this, I'm afraid I concurr here, a Labour led coalition is the most likely outcome.
- Jaruzel 4y agoYou are of course correct. I was simply trying to highlight clumsily that we don't have a presidential type leadership here in the UK.