How Not to Select a New Prime Minister

Jul 16, 2022 The process is under way to pick a new prime minister. The original nine candidates are now down to five with another two likely to be leaving shortly.

Under the Tory rules, two names will go forward to the Conservative party membership from which they will select the new party leader and Prime Minister.

Approximately 160,000 Tory members who are not at all representative of the population at large will decide the new prime minister on behalf of 67 million people. Much of our electoral system including 'First Past The Post’ [FPTP] is outdated and Democratic in Name Only (DINO).