On Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 9:09:45 PM UTC-4, gtr wrote:
> On 2016-07-01 15:28:12 +0000, sf said:
>
> > On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 15:00:45 +0100, Janet > wrote:
> >
> >> In article >,
> >> says...
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 00:42:52 +0100, Janet > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Boris Johnson is not going to be the next PM.
> >>>>
> >>>> ITYS
> >>>>
> >>> Yes, I saw that on the news - but I trust him as much as I trust Trump
> >>> to follow through.
> >>
> >> He's got no choice; he's out of the running, entries closed yesterday.
> >> There are five, Theresa May, Michael Gove, Stephen Crabb, Andrea Leadsom
> >> and Liam Fox.
> >>
> >> The Conservative MP's will choose two of them to be put to a party
> >> vote. Conservative party members will elect one as their new leader/PM.
> >> Probably Theresa May.
> >>
> >>
> > I like how quickly it's done over there. I'm sick of the electoral
> > process and we haven't even formally nominated our party choices yet.
>
> You can certainly cut down on the time and drama by removing the "voice
> of the people" at the beginning and putting it all in the hands of a
> small group of "elites" (and of course the deep-pockets that they
> represent).

Actually, the candidates they came up with when it was
pretty much party caucuses picking the candidates, were
(by and large) more moderate and less embarrassing.
Electability used to matter.

Now we drudge through the primary season letting the most
extreme elements choose the candidates, and wonder why
the choices in November are so unappealing.

Cindy Hamilton