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Originally Posted by joeysteele

It wouldn't be acceptable.
It hasn't happened anytime in modern politics

I'd imagine the media reaction would be out of control.

People voted sadly for Johnson and his policies.
One change fair enough.
Another no way.
If they went for another leadership change,an election shouldn't be denied to the electorate.

It's a complete turnaround of who and what the electorate voted for in 2019.
Which can't be right or acceptable to be done TWICE.
Not a chance.

Originally Posted by joeysteele

They've just done that, changed their leader

There's no precedent either for any party OR government changing the PM twice while in government.
In opposition yes.
However no way should the electorate be denied TWICE to have their say to approve a new PM.

Personally I think any change of PM while in government should have to seek his or her own mandate from the people within a year of the change.
Under any government that is too.

The only people who could vote for Johnson were those who live in his constituency.

Also, they didn't change PM twice within one government - the last election was in 2019, the PM "only" changed once since then.