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chosen by vote, as for an office; person or persons chosen by God, esp. for favor or salvation

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  • One of the best reviews of the dire one eye'd cuntfuck, without calling unelected PM Gordon a cuntfuck that is; that I have read in a fair while.
  • So do carbon-emitting industries, like automakers and power plants, who hate the idea of unelected, harder-to-lobby bureaucrats controlling their future.
  • That's helpful — but why throw "unelected" in there?
  • Verity - your 'unelected' observation is entirely relevant in this.
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