> If I'm reading this correctly, UK citizens elect a government, the government appoints a business secretary, and then the business secretary appoints the enti

> If I'm reading this correctly, UK citizens elect a government, the government appoints a business secretary, and then the business secretary appoints the entire CMA? So that would be two layers of disconnect from the voter. The business secretary would typically be an elected as a member of parliament (MP, equivalent to a congress person). The leader of the majority party in parliament will form a government, mostly appointing elected MPs to government roles. So the business secretary has been elected, but not as business secretary. This is ignoring the absurdly anachronistic House of Lords, the upper chamber of parliament, who are mostly life appointments by various governments over the years (but also includes some hereditary peers, and an assortment of senior Church of England bishops). Lords can also be appointed to ministerial positions, although typically not the biggest jobs.