Britain wants an election. It's not getting one

[brooklynite]

Politico

LONDON — Now on their third prime minister since the last general election, the despairing British public want a vote on who runs the country. They appear to be out of luck.

New U.K. premier Rishi Sunak did not secure the 2019 election win for the Tories. Neither did his predecessor Liz Truss, who instead for a chaotic 44 days tried to rip up many of the economic and policy promises in Conservative manifesto.

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The U.K. government retains total control over whether a snap election should be called ahead of the January 2025 deadline for the next vote — unless dozens of Tory MPs suddenly go rogue and decide to bring down their own regime via a no-confidence vote in the Commons.

And the Tories’ rock-bottom poll ratings mean any kind of electoral gamble is off the table for the foreseeable future. Conservative support among the public — already dire at the tail-end of the Johnson tenure — plunged to record lows under Truss.

[mwooldri]

1. It's kind of the John Major years again.

Somehow the Tories eked out a win in 1992.. but the UK was ready for change... suffered 5 years of Tory sleaze that honestly makes Bill Clinton's BJ look tame in comparison. Also people didn't trust the Tories after the mess of Black Wednesday and then fighting over the Maastricht Treaty... they knew they couldn't win so held out until the bitter end when Tony Blairs New Labour walloped them in 1997.

Turkeys won't vote for Thanksgiving and Tories won't vote for an early general election when they're down in the polls.