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# Recent comment:
'Would you mind anyone oppossing you for the leadership?'

'Of course not. That's what democracy is all about.'

Surely democracy is about letting THE PUBLIC decide who should be our Prime Minister...?

/political soapbox blog
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Mon 14 May 2007, 10:12, archived)
# Depends what sort of democracy
The democracy in this country involves choosing which party you want running things.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan est in horto, sedet, Mon 14 May 2007, 10:14, archived)
# Indeed, the ruling party gets to pick their own leader and therefore the PM
Funny how the Tories didn't demand a snap general election when Thatcher resigned.
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Mon 14 May 2007, 10:17, archived)
# Labour did though
That's the job of the Opposition, not the Government.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan est in horto, sedet, Mon 14 May 2007, 10:18, archived)
# A fair point!
I guess the public would be a little happier if there was a leadership contest, so at least someone has elected him!
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Mon 14 May 2007, 10:25, archived)
# I'm fairly sure that at the last General Election
someone pointed out 'Vote Blair, Get Brown'. It can't really be a surprise to anyone.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan est in horto, sedet, Mon 14 May 2007, 10:39, archived)
# This ^
Is correct.

We're not american, ffs.
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Mon 14 May 2007, 10:18, archived)
# And thank god for that
My arteries couldn't take it
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Mon 14 May 2007, 10:20, archived)
# Yeah but we wouldn't be the first major democracy
to be led by a man we didn't vote for...
(orukusaki actually fucking posted something for a change, on, Mon 14 May 2007, 12:02, archived)