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Well its either her or rishi sunak. Unfortunately she’s the only option.

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Well, you still have the option to get up, march the streets and demand for better representation.

Democracy is an active, ongoing process, it doesn't stop at the election booth.

You deserve better than unelected leaders (unelected as by the people, not by a few selected Tory party members).

Agreed, but i cant march every time someone has a different opinion than mine. People chose tories last election and now they are enjoying a shitshow of their own making. In the uk people dont vote directly for a prime minister, and now the democratically elected party is sorting (i hope demising) themselves internally. Nothing wrong with it. The issue tho is the candidates are rubbish. But sunak is a total no go. I am shocked he even made it this far.

Evidently she’s not the only option as there is another option, like you said.

Unless you’re espousing an opinion?

The other is a non option.

Rishi was favourite to win at the beginning and has made it to the final voting.

So, not really.

Until the cards are drawn, both are quite literally options.

The entire Conservative party are "non-options" from my perspective, but they're the government, so they were someones choice.

He may have been among certain circles but no he wasnt popular at any stage. Hes infamously corrupt and incompetent. The daily mail promotes him giving the impression he is popular but thats far from the truth.

You could be speaking about Boris Johnson.

He managed to be prime minister.

Boris is horrible as are most tories. Out of curiosity, what are the reasons to support risi? No need to answer if you feel it is too personal a question, but I am open to hearing arguments in his favor. I am pretty sick of polarization and cultist following of "leaders". I think polarization is the cancer that erodes western democracies. So my question is, what has he done OK and what will he do OK.

I don’t support either of them. I consider them to be equivalently bad.

But Wetherspoons used to have a “Rishi’s Dishes” deal thing, and that’s quite a lot of brand recognition from a very conservative voter base.

Gotcha - indeed he's had good PR. I do like that the cons are even considering an ethnic minority as front runner. That's a good sign the UK remains committed to diversity, and by far the most in europe. Shame it had to be him though. Either way I hope labour get their act together and come up with something better than last time to provide an actual alternative. Not that they would be saints either.

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