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Doc67 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:30 pm then he will become a hero once again to the PCP, the membership and acceptable to most people who voted for him last time.
He wasn't elected, was he?

He replaced the maybot by proxy
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Jerry Atrick wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:37 pm
Doc67 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:30 pm then he will become a hero once again to the PCP, the membership and acceptable to most people who voted for him last time.
He wasn't elected, was he?

He replaced the maybot by proxy
He called and won the 2019 election with an 80 seat majority.
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Jerry Atrick wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:37 pm
Doc67 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:30 pm then he will become a hero once again to the PCP, the membership and acceptable to most people who voted for him last time.
He wasn't elected, was he?

He replaced the maybot by proxy
Maybot wasn't elected either, she replaced the pig f*cker Cameron. To be fair, the UK doesn't vote for the leader, just the party & their local MPs. It is then up to those elected MPs to choose who leads; often with dire consequences as the sycophancy reaches ludicrous levels. Typically the leader of the party that wins the election goes on to be appointed by the Queen as PM. She also has the right to remove a PM, but hasn't been exercised since 1834 (sadly..)
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Would you prefer a republic model, where the president is elected separately from the legislature and there are three supposedly separate and equal branches?
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Read this, laugh out loud...

"With Hannibal Johnson safe in his job for now, the Tory party can carry on devouring itself"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... confidence
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Spigzy wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:38 pm
Jerry Atrick wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:37 pm
Doc67 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:30 pm then he will become a hero once again to the PCP, the membership and acceptable to most people who voted for him last time.
He wasn't elected, was he?

He replaced the maybot by proxy
Maybot wasn't elected either, she replaced the pig f*cker Cameron. To be fair, the UK doesn't vote for the leader, just the party & their local MPs. It is then up to those elected MPs to choose who leads; often with dire consequences as the sycophancy reaches ludicrous levels. Typically the leader of the party that wins the election goes on to be appointed by the Queen as PM. She also has the right to remove a PM, but hasn't been exercised since 1834 (sadly..)
Erm... https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2017/results
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Doc67 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:11 pm
Spigzy wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:38 pm
Jerry Atrick wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:37 pm
Doc67 wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:30 pm then he will become a hero once again to the PCP, the membership and acceptable to most people who voted for him last time.
He wasn't elected, was he?

He replaced the maybot by proxy
Maybot wasn't elected either, she replaced the pig f*cker Cameron. To be fair, the UK doesn't vote for the leader, just the party & their local MPs. It is then up to those elected MPs to choose who leads; often with dire consequences as the sycophancy reaches ludicrous levels. Typically the leader of the party that wins the election goes on to be appointed by the Queen as PM. She also has the right to remove a PM, but hasn't been exercised since 1834 (sadly..)
Erm... https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2017/results
Sure not disagreeing Doc, she won the election - but that was after she had replaced Cameron what, a year earlier? https://www.politico.eu/article/theresa ... -minister/

Point I was making was that the PM is not actually elected directly by the population; they are merely the party leader who is then confirmed by the Queen should they win a general election. For the non-POME/Limeys, etc. We don't get a say on the leader - so don'tvote for leaders, you vote based on the party mandate, etc. Which is a bit bizarre, imagine you're a long term Labour voter & think Keir Starmer could be a superb lead after winning an election - only for him to resign & the party puts DIanne Abbott in charge for the next five years ... bonkers.
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violet wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:16 am Oh well. So much for that. The bastard survived
Best result possible.

Death by a thousand cuts.

He will never resign.

Guaranteed to lose the election.
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angsta wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:04 am
violet wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:16 am Oh well. So much for that. The bastard survived
Best result possible.

Death by a thousand cuts.

He will never resign.

Guaranteed to lose the election.
Agreed. Now there is already talk of the Lib Dems tabling a motion of no confidence in the government. If those 148 Tory MPs vote against Boris again we could be headed for a general election.
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