Melanie Phillips suggested this and the replies were everything you’d hope for
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Melanie’s diagnosis: public faith in democracy is in danger.
Melanie’s solution: use the non democratic element of the existing governmental system to install someone as leader who has been democratically rejected by the public over and over again.
SMDH.
— Kieran McGlashan (@Duckydogsmile) July 9, 2018
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Still good to know you want someone who has failed to get elected seven times catapulted into a dictatorship. *Double thumbs up*
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) July 9, 2018
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COLUMN: I've missed Mel Phillips since she left the Mail, but good to see she's still as batshit crazy as always.
What better way to restore faith in the democratic process than installing a PM from a minority party who has failed 7 times to win a seat in parliament? https://t.co/KXUHYnx0Jn
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) July 9, 2018
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TV & Newspapers' Melanie Phillips just straight up calling for a coup to drop a never-elected fascist DJ into absolute power, good morning.
— Flames. Flames, on the side of my face (@Scriblit) July 9, 2018
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"Public faith in democratic process now in danger" claims Daily Mail columnist – then demands that a man rejected by the British electorate seven times be installed as prime minister. https://t.co/ywWWAUAXYX
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) July 9, 2018
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This is one the five worst ideas in the history of humanity, if not the very worst. https://t.co/3Y8SHVASRI
— Nick Tyrone (@NicholasTyrone) July 9, 2018
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‘We need a strong man to carry out the national popular will in a way that the feeble bourgeois politicians won’t.’ Always a good look. Never dangerous. https://t.co/ejcAOsElpl
— David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) July 9, 2018
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it's not clear how you restore faith in democracy by making the prime minister a man who failed in his last attempt to become an MP by getting fewer votes than a man dressed as a dolphin https://t.co/BBywq4grHb
— joe (@mutablejoe) July 9, 2018
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Times columnist's proposed solution to brexit chaos and loss of faith in democratic process? An actual, naked, fascist coup d'état.
So glad I cancelled my subscription over the "fascists are cool and hip" article. https://t.co/9nLES1IgH3
— Solange #FBPE Maybe we just don't want brexit (@solange_lebourg) July 9, 2018
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She rivals Toby Young and Rod Liddle as the actual worst https://t.co/HMSJOMUBXd
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) July 9, 2018
