'Voters in the UK are about to pick the country's next prime minister. ... A self-selecting group of 160,000 people — just 0.2% of the electorate — will choose the next leader for a country of nearly 67 million people,' writes CNN's lukemcgee
A self-selecting group of 160,000 people -- just 0.2% of the electorate -- will choose the next leader for a country of nearly 67 million people.That's because in the UK, when a prime minister quits -- as Theresa May did over Brexit -- there isn't necessarily a general election. In the country's parliamentary system, the PM is typically the head of the largest party in parliament.
Jeremy Hunt running against Boris Johnson 02:13Since 2016, the membership's view on Brexit has shifted significantly."The party has gone from two-thirds of members holding off deciding how they would vote in the Brexit referendum, to two thirds saying they'd be happy with no deal," according to research by Tim Bale. Lauren McEvatt believes that the shift began with David Cameron misunderstanding why so many of his own wanted to leave the EU.
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