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Originally Posted by Chris
Not pompous - constitutionally accurate. Detail matters.
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Hah! So what does paragraph 5c say?
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
The position of Prime Minister is not a constitutional one thus there is no need to hold a vote for the next PM. The PM has always been the head of the party that holds the most MPs..There is no need to hold an election every time that leader retires,dies or is forced by their party to step down as leader of their party.
General elections are expensive affairs which is why they are restricted to only being held when time is up or when a sitting PM is stupid enough to think they can increase the number of MPs in their party by holding a snap election.
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What if the new PM aims to depart (significantly) from the policy agenda his predecessor was elected on?
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
I agree on the narrow point about wisdom. But picking up on the sentiment, rules for party membership have nothing to do with electoral roll rules.
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The credibility of the party is undermined if they impose voting constraints on the wider population whilst not imposing the same on themselves.