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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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'Only a general election can let British people choose their destiny after Tory chaos'

We could have a new Prime Minister by tomorrow night – chosen for us by just 356 voters.

Which is a weird way to run a democracy. It was how the Soviet Politburo elected their leaders... and the last time we looked the UK was not a Communist tyranny.

Should those 356 MPs not be able to make up their minds, then 172,000 Tory members will get to have their say… which is just 0.4% of the British electorate.

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