Ken Clarke Warns Rwanda Bill Moves UK Towards An 'Elected Dictatorship'

Tory grandee says Rishi Sunak overturning a Supreme Court judgement is “very dangerous".

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Who elected Rishi Sunak?
- 300-odd (and odd) Tory MPs.
  
  I have a feeling it was nowhere near that unanimous.
- 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

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