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Showing Original Post only (View all)Andrea Leadsom to stand down... [View all]
She will announce her decision to withdraw at 12:15.
She didn't take the heat for very long.
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And that, children, is how you choose a Prime Minister in a democracy
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2016
#3
The government can't call a general election without the support of the opposition
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2016
#12
Doesn't mean the governing party can't ask another party to propose a no confidence vote.
mwooldri
Jul 2016
#23
The "truly bizarre" seems to be the PLP's stock-in-trade at the moment ...
non sociopath skin
Jul 2016
#18
OK, Labour's election coordinator has now called for a general election
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2016
#25
In fairness to the oppostion parties; it is something that they have to say
RogueTrooper
Jul 2016
#27
Dunno about a general election. If Labour are still in turmoil, she might, though
LeftishBrit
Jul 2016
#16