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Man wants a vote on principle (5)

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axiom

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'principle' is the definition.
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'man wants a vote on' is the wordplay.
'man wants' becomes 'iom' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'vote' becomes 'x' (how votes are marked).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a'+'x'='ax'
'iom' after 'ax' is 'AXIOM'.

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(Other definitions for axiom that I've seen before include "Truism - proverb" , "Old saying or precept 95)" , "Fundamental proposition" , "Universally accepted proposition" , "Accepted statement taken as self-evidently true" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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