She was elected into parliament by the public with a vote of 35,453, her nearest rival got just 6,394 !
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000803
Then at the last round of the elections for Prime Minister she got a vote of 199 against her nearest rival at 85.
There are not many leaders that get results like that without cheating!
Okay - these arguments are ludicrous.
She was elected into parliament by the public with a vote of 35,453,
YES FOR HER CONSTITUENCY! She was NOT leader. ie: people did NOT KNOW they were going to get her.
Your argument is so ludicruous it's what is called a 'dead cat' argument in politics - when you don't have anything, throw something outrageous onto the table so everyone is talking about that. That's what you have. A dead cat. You don't have facts, figures, political arguments, you have ludicrous statements. That's like saying: I'm the new Mayor of Manchester, as I was elected Class Social Secretary. They're just irrelevant.
Then at the last round of the elections for Prime Minister she got a vote of 199 against her nearest rival at 85.
Oh please stop. Please I'm actually begging you now.
So you're telling me this - she got 199 votes (114 more than her nearest rival) and as such got elected and that's okay? So just to clarify - You
@Nigel who has been spousing the virtues of democracy, and taking on the elite etc, are saying because 199 'elites' voted for her, she has a mandate?
I genuinely cannot laugh hard enough at that argument.
The better argument would have been:
- Gordon Brown - which tbf is a better argument, I'm really not a fan of just 'handing' over, though technically Chancellor (what GB was) is a higher ranking official than HS. Though they are pretty similar. I don't like just handing over, because however you market it, or word it, or whatever, about it, the fact is this - NOBODY except those (maybe) in her constituency, were thinking when they voted in 2015: You know what, I'm voting conservative so TM can become Prime Minister.
So regardless how you phrase it, regardless of what you say, that's what it comes down to. Yes she was part of the government and cabinet and as such had to toe the party line but look, she's already changing Conservative policy, so where's her mandate? She doesn't have any.
Sadly though, you're stuck in a rock and a hard place like GB. Do you hold an election and risk further market instability, but the possibility for stronger rebounds, or do you let an unelected leader create some stability, but the gains will be limited as she is seen as not having a mandate. Personally, I'd hold the vote, then you know exactly how each leader is going to deal with Brexit, then whoever is voted in, is voted in. At the moment nobody knows anything and so any gains are always going to be capped.
A step in the right direction, or an inadvertent leap backwards. Who knows.
On a complete side note:
My biggest gripe about the EU referendum, Tory/Labour leadership elections, General Elections, BMA contract dispute etc - all of this has been approached in such a simplistic manner. As a country, we are obsessed with simple answers to very complicated problems.
The best example of this is the 0.1% of GDP that goes to foreign aid. The Daily Fascist and the Daily Torygraph are constantly bashing this - 'we should be spending X money at home instead of these super nice houses for these criminals in Y country' - that kind of headline.
At the surface, you think, yes - we should stop spending that money, but then you dig a little deeper. 99% of that money that has been sent to Y country has gone to deradicalizing people, and has gone to creating employment opportunities (the biggest deterrent in radicalization). So yes 1% of that money has been spent badly, but sadly, sometimes a bribe has to be paid, or someone needs something to make it happen. So yes £2million pounds is frustrating but considering it's keeping this country safer, it's a tiny price to pay.
No one ever looks below the surface, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, BBC (occasionally) and a few others do, but most just give the simplistic answer to the complex question.
