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In the UK, there's no requirement that the cabinet is formed of elected representatives. Government ministers are often Lords. Besides, even if the defense sec
by growse 3y ago
In the UK, there's no requirement that the cabinet is formed of elected representatives. Government ministers are often Lords.
Besides, even if the defense secretary is an MP, he wasn't elected on a platform of national security by the population. So if there's a non sequitur anywhere, it's in application of any democratic legitimacy to the job of holding a significant cabinet post by winning the votes of a few ten thousand people for commons seat.
- hannofcart 3y agoSure, but the UK cabinet draws its power from the fact that it explicitly has support of a majority of the directly elected members of Parliament. When it's established that they don't, they end up getting ousted (as happens with no confidence motions).