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Originally Posted by Mr K
Good to see democracy in action !
What a way to choose a leader of a country, whoever has been backstabbed last then voted in by 0.2% of the population..
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Except, as we’ve observed endlessly in this thread over the past couple of weeks, we don’t ever directly elect an executive in the UK. Westminster doesn’t, Holyrood doesn’t, the Senedd doesn’t, Stormont doesn’t. The only exceptions are city region metro-mayors, where they exist.
Parties elect their leaders, The Queen appoints a PM on advice as to Parliment’s confidence. This arrangement has suited both main parties from time to time, a fact Boris was doubtless aware of when trolling about it with that opinion piece, no matter embarrassing the Left would now like it to seem.
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Should be irrelevant, it's not Pop Idol.
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On the contrary, he wants to be the one representing us at all the most important occasions internationally and steering the cabinet. If you don’t have the presence that tends to prompt people to take you seriously, then they tend not to take you seriously. It was fairly obvious to me that he lacks the instinctive awareness that his off-the-ball game is actually important. Squirming around on his chair, staring at the floor and looking like his batteries had gone flat for a minute at a time just because it’s someone else’s turn to speak really isn’t Prime Ministerial behaviour.