We don’t elect prime ministers.
Then it hit me. A lineup of British prime ministers would be a failure because we have no set term limit to power.
We have a parliamentary democracy, not a presidency. We elect parties to power, not prime ministers. It is up to the parties to decide when they want to elect another leader, not the demos. If we are unhappy with their decision, we may remove them at the next election. That’s how it works. That is how it has always worked, so a two term limit on prime ministers is not only a non starter, I would expect a Guardian journalist to be aware of that. Fucking idiot!
But then, when a party they oppose elects a leader they whine like jet engines about unelected prime ministers. No prime minister is elected other than as the MP for their seat. That’s it.
Did I say fucking idiot yet?
Curious is it not, that they never bring this up when say Wilson made way for Callaghan or Tiny Blur for Snotgobbler Broon.
What annoys me is a mere pleb like me understands that we don’t elect Prime Ministers (and never have), and yet these muppets who no doubt had the benefits of an education I never had, manage not only to get it wrong, but to consistently get it wrong.
It’s a bit like democracy – it is only okay if they are winning.
Quite. Hence the numerous calls for a 2nd referendum, because we were lied to apparently. Studiously failing to point out the pack of lies aka Project Fear they disseminated themselves.
Rank hypocrisy doesn’t even begin to cover it.