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In the U.K., Starmer won a landslide victory with 34% of the vote.

Sunak was not elected by the people. Neither was Truss, Johnson, or May

Cameron got 36% of the vote when he became PM. Brown wasn’t elected. Blair did well with 43%, but before him Major wasn’t elected.

Democracies are flawed, they’re just better than other systems we’ve had in the past.



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