Tory grandee says Rishi Sunak overturning a Supreme Court judgement is “very dangerous".
Who elected Rishi Sunak?
300-odd (and odd) Tory MPs.
I have a feeling it was nowhere near that unanimous.
He was the only candidate.
So, apathy.
Apathy elected Rishi Sunak.
Well they voted for Truss first
His constituency as an MP and the Tory party membership elected him leader.
Nope. Tory Party membership had a choice and elected Truss.
You could make an argument that he was tacitly elected by the Parliamentary Conservative Party but even this relies on an opt-out vote rather than an actual positive vote.
I learnt about the concept of “Elected Dictatorship” in A-level politics in 1999/00. The UK has been widely regarded an ED for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective_dictatorship
