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The previous 'run off' had many candidates where the one with the fewest votes (by MPs) was eliminated until there were 2 and then those 2 candidates were put f
by DrBazza 4y ago
The previous 'run off' had many candidates where the one with the fewest votes (by MPs) was eliminated until there were 2 and then those 2 candidates were put forward to members of the Conservative party (80,000 members).
Party members "overwhelmingly" voted Truss. Rishi Sunak isn't liked by the people that matter most - the party members, and seemingly, the electorate.
Basically the Tory party is back where it was under John Major in the 90s. In-fighting and completely ignoring what the electorate think. It's odds on that Labour will get into power in 2024, not because they have the plan and the policies, but simply they're not the Tories.
It really is a case of 'those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it'. And here the Tories are. Arguably the last time Labour got elected on their own merit was many, many decades ago.
Frankly it's tedious to hear adversarial politics in Britain. But that's all we're going to get from the Labour Party for the next 2 years. They could be laying out policies, preparing for government, being an adult political party, and ignoring the Tories, because frankly, no one cares about the Tories at the moment. But Labour won't do that.
UK politics is a sewer.