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The article was published on Fri 17 Mar 2017 07.40 GMT when Theresa May was PM: > For Elizabeth II, the plan for what happens next is known as “London Bridge.”

The article was published on Fri 17 Mar 2017 07.40 GMT when Theresa May was PM: > For Elizabeth II, the plan for what happens next is known as “London Bridge.” The prime minister will be woken, if she is not already awake, and civil servants will say “London Bridge is down” on secure lines. Interestingly, the current PM is also a she.

LatteLazy 4y ago
I think we (Brits) now draw with Norway for the most Female PMs (3 each). Of course 2 of these in the UK never won general elections...
- Ndymium 4y ago
  Finland also has our 3rd woman PM right now. Though one of them was only PM for 68 days.
  - LatteLazy 4y ago
    Nice work! I will see how long our current PM makes it before I condemn anyone for only making 68 days...
- sbuk 4y ago
  Not true. Amazingly, Teresa May won one in 2017.
  - LatteLazy 4y ago
    Ah damn, I always forget that one!
    - sbuk 4y ago
      I wish I could :(
- BrandoElFollito 4y ago
  We had in France a few female PM: the current one, Edith Cresson and maybe someone else. 0 female president, though.
- lb1lf 4y ago
  Norway has only had two female PMs: Gro Harlem Brundtland (labour), three governments between 1981 and 1996. Erna Solberg (conservatives), 2013-2021.
silicon2401 4y ago
> The prime minister will be woken, Totally unrelated but is this correct grammar? I realize I've never seen "woken" without "up", as in "woken up". To avoid using "up" I would've leaned towards some form of awoke, but am not sure I've ever seen something like "she will be awoke" either. Always fun to encounter grammatical edge cases you're unfamiliar with in your native language.
- pigtailgirl 4y ago
  -- getting into some cumbersome and annoying English - tenses and principal are often confusing - awoken is the most correctly - woken is fine - awoke is first person past principal - so you're right "she will be awoke" is grammatically incorrect - https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-3/verbs-types-tenses-and-moods/lesson-5/principal-parts-of-verbs https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-3/verbs-types-tense... --
  - silicon2401 4y ago
    > awoken is the most correctly I thought of "awoken" initially, but if I hadn't seen the other wordings before, I don't recall ever seeing the word "awoken" at all! Or if I have seen it before, I second-guessed myself after reading variations of "woke/wake" so much in a short period of time. Thanks for your response

LatteLazy 4y ago

I think we (Brits) now draw with Norway for the most Female PMs (3 each). Of course 2 of these in the UK never won general elections...

Ndymium 4y ago
Finland also has our 3rd woman PM right now. Though one of them was only PM for 68 days.
- LatteLazy 4y ago
  Nice work! I will see how long our current PM makes it before I condemn anyone for only making 68 days...
sbuk 4y ago
Not true. Amazingly, Teresa May won one in 2017.
- LatteLazy 4y ago
  Ah damn, I always forget that one!
  - sbuk 4y ago
    I wish I could :(
BrandoElFollito 4y ago
We had in France a few female PM: the current one, Edith Cresson and maybe someone else. 0 female president, though.
lb1lf 4y ago
Norway has only had two female PMs: Gro Harlem Brundtland (labour), three governments between 1981 and 1996. Erna Solberg (conservatives), 2013-2021.

silicon2401 4y ago

> The prime minister will be woken, Totally unrelated but is this correct grammar? I realize I've never seen "woken" without "up", as in "woken up". To avoid using "up" I would've leaned towards some form of awoke, but am not sure I've ever seen something like "she will be awoke" either. Always fun to encounter grammatical edge cases you're unfamiliar with in your native language.

pigtailgirl 4y ago
-- getting into some cumbersome and annoying English - tenses and principal are often confusing - awoken is the most correctly - woken is fine - awoke is first person past principal - so you're right "she will be awoke" is grammatically incorrect - https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-3/verbs-types-tenses-and-moods/lesson-5/principal-parts-of-verbs https://www.englishgrammar101.com/module-3/verbs-types-tense... --
- silicon2401 4y ago
  > awoken is the most correctly I thought of "awoken" initially, but if I hadn't seen the other wordings before, I don't recall ever seeing the word "awoken" at all! Or if I have seen it before, I second-guessed myself after reading variations of "woke/wake" so much in a short period of time. Thanks for your response