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Almost half Tory members want merger with Reform UK, poll suggests, as leadership infighting escalates – UK politics live (www.theguardian.com)

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Whatever we might think of the new Labour government's leadership, I think this shows why we need a successful few years. Perhaps I'm being paranoid but if the country is disappointed with Labour I don't want them to resort to electing an even more right wing version of the Tories further down the line.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

FWIW point 5 doesnt work. The current torry leadership selection method is that the MPs keep narrowing down the selection untill they get to 2 candidates then the members choose between those two. So if the MPs dont want her the members wont get a chance to vote for her.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Didn't they already break those rules to put Sunak into power?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

No, the MPs didnt put anyone else forwards to the membership. So instead of going something like 8-5-3-2 candidates by mp vote then those two going to the members it just started at 1 with no other candidate gettign enough support, so there was no need for a membership vote.

The Tory party is generally significantly less democratic than the other major parties, as is fitting for the politcial wing of wealth.