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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Surely any loyalty should be to their constituents and not bozo, this is cult like behaviour and not something we should be expecting from a mainstream political party
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In the past, when the Conservative Party was a broad church of political [conservative] opinion, you could argue the polling of such a small (membership) clique did not present a risk to the wider country and its governance.
However, in recent years since the right-wing, ERG-driven, putsch of (Brexit) dissenters, such a poll now offers a disturbing selection of non-representative individuals. The membership these individuals are pitching to also seem to have followed this same, lurch to the right, trajectory.
More disturbing in that you can vote in the election even if you are not a UK resident. All sorts of weirdos can vote for our next PM.
Tory leadership contest: Loophole 'allows non-British citizens to vote for next PM'
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The Conservative Party allows non-British citizens to vote in Tory leadership elections, thereby determining who the next prime minister will be, while those living in the UK but are not members of the party have no such say.
Members of Conservatives Abroad, the party's global network of members and supporters living overseas, can get "all the benefits of party membership, including participation in the Conservative Policy Forum, attendance at party conferences and a vote in the election of the party leader," its website says.
It adds: "Membership of Conservatives Abroad is open to all who live abroad and pledge support for the UK Conservative Party. You do not have to be a voter or a UK citizen."
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