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No, you’re confusing the Conservative party leadership election with the later general election which he won comfortably.
by carnitine 5y ago
No, you’re confusing the Conservative party leadership election with the later general election which he won comfortably.
- simonh 5y agoHe's talking about the voters in BJ's constituency and is quite right. I voted in that election, but didn't get to vote for any of the party leaders, just my local MP as we all do. Prime Ministers are chosen by Parliament, not the electorate, which as I explain in a parallel comment is a feature not a bug.
- carnitine 5y agoDo you not think a great many people go to the polls and vote along party lines so that the party leader becomes PM?
- simonh 5y agoI suppose a lot do, but really more along party lines than because of a specific prime minister. You could be right in that the personality and politics of a particular leader might have a disproportionate effect on swing voters. Personally I think the characteristics of the local MP you actually vote for is not taken into sufficient consideration by most voters. That's the person that actually represents you, and actually gets to help chose the actual prime minister. Who they are as a person and their values does actually matter very much, yet most people who actually vote can't even name their local MP.
- EliRivers 5y agoI voted in the last general election and I couldn't tell you then or now who was the party leader of the party, that the candidate I voted for, represented. I am somewhat in the minority on this, though.
- EliRivers 5y agoI think it was a strong feature when the PM was actually first amongst equals. When the PM was effectively a chair for a cabinet. That does not appear to be what we have now. BoJo clearly sees himself as some kind of Presidential figure, chosen by the British population.