TimeTraveler3056 t1_itlyjri wrote on October 24, 2022 at 4:57 PM

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Is there anybody else in any party ? Who decides-Do you get to vote?

SterlingMNO t1_itm0um9 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 5:12 PM

Only conservative party members can vote afaik.

No one else in the party is worthy besides Ben Wallace that I know of

TimeTraveler3056 t1_itmybjl wrote on October 24, 2022 at 8:46 PM

What about a different side? Or no side? Why just the conservatives?

SterlingMNO t1_itmykou wrote on October 24, 2022 at 8:48 PM

Because its a conservative government. It's not a general election, it's an election of whos going to lead the conservative party, so naturally it's conservative party members who decide.

LongStrangeTrips t1_itniwau wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:12 PM

I get that these are the rules, but it just doesn’t make sense to me. Surely if you’d gone through two leaders already, there are people from other parties who deserve a chance now.

SterlingMNO t1_itnj6kj wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:14 PM

Maybe, but the fact is the people voted in this party. And this party will stay it's term and elect a new leader.

alexmikli t1_itpso7r wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:48 PM

So in 2019 the voters voted for conservatives who voted for Boris. The public essentially elects the party that governs, but the party chooses who the PM is. This isn't a general election, it's replacing a PM who fell out of favor.