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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
That's too easy to say! We all know that the chance was wasted because Gove stiffed Johnson, retribution forced Gove out, leaving Leadsom alone in the fray with May. Leadsom withdrew, being a lightweight and thus the Conservative membership did not get the chance to vote. You could say that the membership was stiffed too.
Now the nation is being stiffed.
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No not really as they all knew what the referendum result was in the incumbent government of the day and they all quite clearly had a chance to elect a leader in the leadership contest more in tune in what was voted for in the referendum but the Conservative party as has been the case for many a year now with regards to to the issue of Europe is in a permanent civil war with itself on the issue.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
the Conservative membership did not get the chance to vote. You could say that the membership was stiffed too.
Now the nation is being stiffed.
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Democracy as it seems does not stretch to its membership.