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Originally Posted by Matt D
So? Neither was Blair, nor Major, nor Maggie...
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Er, with respect Matt - Maggie was and so was Blair.
How many times did Labour fail to make an impression under Neil Kinnock? - once a new leader (Tony Blair) showed up - history was made and Labour won a General Election in 1997.
I know what you're trying to say that 'No PM is actually voted for by the electorate as a whole'. But sorry mate, I do and I know many other people do vote based off the leader of party and subsequently 'elect' their chosen Prime Minister.
If what you are saying then why is there an 'Unelected Prime Minister list?'
By coincidence to the amount of years Labour has been in power '13' - there also been 13 unelected Prime ministers over the last 100 years...
They are as follows:-
2007 Gordon Brown Labour
1990 John Major Conservative
1976 James Callaghan Labour
1963 Sir Alec Douglas-Home Conservative
1957 Harold Macmillan Conservative
1955 Sir Anthony Eden Conservative
1940 Winston Churchill Conservative
1937 Neville Chamberlain Conservative
1923 Stanley Baldwin Conservative
1916 David Lloyd George Liberal
1908 Herbert H. Asquith Liberal
1905 Henry Campbell-Bannerman Liberal
1902 Arthur Balfour Conservative