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>> Again, the point is that the PM is chosen not by the general populace, they are selected within the winning party. This is sort of true but misleading, the
by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 4y ago
>> Again, the point is that the PM is chosen not by the general populace, they are selected within the winning party.
This is sort of true but misleading, the PM is the leader of the winning party, and the leader is always chosen before an election, so the electorate know exactly who will be PM when they vote.
- ben_w 4y agoExcept when the leader gets kicked out (or resigns) part way though their term, as happened to Thatcher, Blair[0], Cameron, and May. [0] although I’ll accept he doesn’t really count because both he and the Conservative party explicitly said prior to that election that if you vote for Blair you’ll get Brown soon after.