It's chaos': Readers on Britain's broken political system

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"Independent readers reacting to the latest political upheavals say Britain's system feels broken, with many describing a landscape dominated by control, cynicism and diminishing trust. Across the comments, there was a strong sense that politics is stuck in a repetitive cycle and that Labour is increasingly behaving like the Conservatives it replaced. That broader frustration fed directly into reactions to Labour's decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election."

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