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Closed Reform the UK political system to make the PM directly elected by the public

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Currently the public have no direct say in who becomes Prime Minister, and six of the last seven Prime Ministers became Prime Minister without even winning a general election. We want the Prime Minister to be directly elected by the public, through a Prime Ministerial election.

Reform the UK political system so that the role of Prime Minister is directly elected by the public.

In the circumstances that a Prime Minister leaves office, for whatever reason, then an immediate Prime Ministerial election should be called to elect their replacement.

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