Having an unelected Prime Minister
Did you vote for Gordon Brown to be our illustrious leader?

Nope, neither did I.

Edit: I do understand how the the system works. 30 is my age, not my IQ (although sometimes I do wonder!)

The point I'm trying to make is that if TB no longer wants to be PM then surely a general election should be held. Most people have a good idea that Labour are no longer upto the job so surely they should take the bull by the horns and let the people decide which party should be in power.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 2 May 2008, 12:58, 4 replies)

UK constitution
You don't vote for a leader in the UK - they're not the president. You vote for a local party candidate and they elect the leader. Even if you voted Labour, you didn't vote for Tony Blair (some fuckers in Sedgefield did that)
( flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Fri 2 May 2008, 13:09, closed)

No one voted for Blair as PM either
That's not the way our system works. If you don't know that, you're too dumb to vote.

I think I just another entry for my list.
(SpangleDangle >->)))'>, Fri 2 May 2008, 13:15, closed)

However
"Call me Tony" did his very very best to introduce a more 'Presidential' style of leadership, including the Wide Mouthed Frog being referred to as 'First Lady', himself being described as 'Head of State' on a few occasions, and when the grinning, lying, Bush felching spiv finishes arseing up the Middle East he'll be back.....

In the meantime old Cyclops Broon seems quite happy to make personal interventions in a Presidential style (Prisoner's Pay, anyone?) rather than delegating to the appropriate department.

I think that many people are in fact clever enough to realise that we live in what is still allegedly a Parliamentary Democracy, but voted for New Labour with TCB at the helm, and as such think that when Prudence took over the party it would have been 'fairer' to call a General Election as Blair had by his actions made a vote for Labour a vote for him.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Fri 2 May 2008, 13:37, closed)

^^^
Thats the point I was trying to make but you did a much better job!

Cheers Osok.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 2 May 2008, 13:44, closed)