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Closed Outlaw the choosing of the Prime Minister by party members who are not MPs

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The choice of a new Prime Minister between general elections should not be delegated by elected MPs to unelected and unaccountable party members as if the office was a private possession of the party in power and those who have paid it a membership fee.

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