The Tory leadership election & Tony Benn’s democracy tests: ‘how can we get rid of you?’
As Britain awaits the arrival of a second unelected Prime Minister in two months calls for a General Election have been made by Labour but are not much focused on by a one-dimensional media obsessed with Tory game playing
The late Tony Benn had a five tests of the legitimate democratic authority of those he came across:
What power have you got?
Where did you get it from?
In whose interests do you exercise it?
To whom are you accountable?
How can we get rid of you?
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