Rejected petition Make our elected MP’s choose their own party leader

It is profoundly undemocratic to have party leaders elected by party members who make up a small proportion of the population. Party members tend not to be representative of the country as a whole which is why they elect leaders who represent their more extreme views.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/250515

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Date submitted 19 June 2019
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