(chiefly, _, UK) A form of oligarchy: government characterised by nepotism and the frequent appointment to public office of friends or those of similar social background to those in power.
How thrilling it would have been if [Sadiq] Khan had denounced the [Thames garden] bridge in every way: as a symbol of the chummery – the chumocracy, even – that so offends the democratic and egalitarian traditions he is proud to represent.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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