Possible Clues:

• Goes without saying, peacekeepers didn't offer support
• Counterfeit pound secures present without query
• No-one's against such a pose in the pound
• Nem con
• Suggest investing in shaky pound, so carried?
• Elected . . . . . . . . .; no other candidate
• Sound Pope out without any dissent?
• Without challenge
• With no one to resist, turned upon and prepared to be shot
• Opens up do is best way to be elected