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What traditionally occurs on a Thursday and makes a lot of people cross (8)

Thursday is (so I read) the day we have elections because honest working folk used to be paid on a Friday and would at that point (or very soon thereafter) be too drunk to vote!

The last time a general election wasn’t held on a Thursday was 27th October 1931 (which was a Tuesday).

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Democratic process in complete mess after PM bows out (8)

sometimes one is blind

For starters, erratic Labour, egregious Conservatives? This is our nightmare choice. (8)

Choose Japanese sounding construct (5)

Erect

Name alien created with incomplete cell (5)

Conclude honours lacking in badly-designed telecoms (5)


(TELECOMS-OMS)*

Nicola’s steps into the chaos to hit Stornaway as SNP lacking another choice (8)

[(NICOLAS STEPS INTO THE)* - (TO HIT S) - (AS SNP) ]*

Nod to Nicola Sturgeon, erstwhile Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader.
Using Stornaway to eliminate the leading S.
CHAOS and ANOTHER as *

Choice bamboozled Northern Irish company and the French (8)

[NI co et le] *

SS

Isn't it Stornoway?