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The UK doesn't elect a leader, it elects a parliamentary party which chooses its own leadership. People did actually vote for this. Although for the people in
by cyberpunk 4y ago
The UK doesn't elect a leader, it elects a parliamentary party which chooses its own leadership. People did actually vote for this.
Although for the people in scotland, this is more accurate. We are not represented for over a decade by the UK government, and have been removed from the EU against our will...
- Veen 4y agoThere are 59 Scottish MPs in Parliament, many of whom support the Online Safety Bill. In fact, SNP MPs have consistently argued for stronger 'protections' than the Bill's proposers originally wanted. How is Scotland not represented in Parliament?
- vidarh 4y ago43.6% of the electorate voted for the Tory party on a manifesto not very much like what the current government is delivering. So even if one accepts that the Tory party totally changing the platform of their government doesn't justify saying nobody voted for it, the current party in government got its majority in parliament with the support of a minority of voters thanks to a fundamentally undemocratic electoral system. By that measure, it's pretty reasonable to say that people did not vote for this.
- sacrosancty 4y ago[dead]
- klelatti 4y ago> it elects a parliamentary party which chooses its own leadership That’s not quite true - the parliamentary Tory and Labour parties gave away the right to select the leader to their members. Hence we got Truss who MPs didn’t vote for but members did.