In his otherwise excellent article (Think it’s all over? Think again – if Truss wins, she will have to call an election, 25 August), Martin Kettle states: “Prime ministers who win general elections unquestionably have a mandate from the country.”
That is not “unquestionable” given the UK electoral system, which – unlike in most other democracies – does not come close to translating share of the vote into share of parliamentary seats.
