The other parties boycotted the election, because unlike in America, they don't want to normalize letting someone win a legitimate election as a means to avoid serious sanction.

(Any country in which that sort of thing works is fucking insane.)

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nephihaha 11 hours ago | parent [-]

They did normalise it by not standing.

	▲	exe34 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, he was either going to lose to a bin or get back in the commons and have the investigation continue. Now it will continue. So no, playing along at his stupid games is what would normalise it. They will run at the next election in a few months.