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To me that's always been a basic flaw in our system; people vote as if they're voting for a leader, but the way the system works it's an indirect thing not a direct thing.
We've had past cases where the leader and thereby PM changed without an election. The right thing to do is for the leader to call an election and seek a mandate.
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Dont disagree with any of this and it is why I have always said that the US system is SO much more preferable...you get to actually vote for a leader.
The mandate thing is a term that is used in lieu of anything else I guess....but its what its always been called whether or not the sitting PM had a minority or a majority.