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Originally Posted by Flyboy
So much so, he has cut his jolly to South Africa short.
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The PM is not on a 'jolly' he is on a government business trip to SA to engage in important trade deals between the two countries.
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Originally Posted by Flyboy
Oooohhh God, just had a scary thought....If "Dave" really was to go, that would mean that Clegg would be left in charge. It really doesn't bear thinking about.  |
The Deputy PM doesn't take charge and or replace the role of an absent PM through either resignation or illness and or incapacitation.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_...United_Kingdom
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Unlike analogous offices in some other nations, including the United States Vice Presidency, a British deputy prime minister possesses no special powers as such, though they will always have particular responsibilities in government. They do not assume the duties and powers of the Prime Minister in the latter's absence or illness, such as the powers to seek a dissolution of parliament, appoint peers or brief the sovereign. They do not automatically succeed the Prime Minister, should the latter be incapacitated or resign from the leadership of his or her political party.
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