[update: this was a misunderstanding]

Here’s the update for convenience

(… saw this on my feed, only just thought to check the community itself to see if there was another post, my bad)

P E R S O N A 🔫

Also from the UK (also Manchester actually, literally on the Metrolink right now). I also have no idea what that person said.

In the UK, generally chosen by party membership. There’s been some experiments with open primaries, but nothing really substantial.

It’s probably worth mentioning that, because the timings of our elections are generally left to the whim of the Prime Minister, candidates are normally elected by the party way in advance so they’re ready just in case anything happens. Our election cycles also usually last only six weeks, which isn’t enough time to run an internal election and then campaign.

Fun fact: the Tories actually experimented with open primaries in some constituencies. I don’t expect that to last though

for a second I thought I read

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