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Originally Posted by ianch99
Nice try but no cigar.
MP's are elected to represent their constituencies and their party. They are not elected to become PM or to serve in Cabinet. You can even have the case of a MP becoming PM that did not lead the party and win the General Election.
If Boris becomes PM, no one voted for a Conservative Party led by Boris Johnson with the corresponding change in policy & direction that such a appointment would bring.
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For the hard of thinking, to serve as PM or a minister they have to be elected members of parliament, elected by their constituents.
They are not “appointed” to parliament.
EU commissioners are appointed not elected.
You do understand the difference?
Also as opposed to say, the US presidential elections where you vote for an actual individual.
In the UK you vote for a party. The party then decides who their leader is, and therefore who the PM is.
You are also voting on a party manifesto, it shouldn’t really matter who delivers as PM on that manifesto as long as it delivered.
If the party itself decides that the leader is not doing a good job, they can replace him.
So there you have two mechanisms where by you can remove a government or the government can replace a leader.
Which is two more than you get with an EU commissioner