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Originally Posted by arista
"We don't elect PMs arista, the parties elect their leaders,"
You know what I am talking about
John Major took over from Thatcher
and still beat the Welsh wind bag (a Election)
so the public Backed him.
Brown took over from War Monger Blair
but never had a Snap Election
so he was Never a Proper Voted in
by us as the PM
Fact.
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Well by the same token, Sir Alec Douglas-Home took over from Harold Mcmillan but never had an election until the very last minute which he then lost in 1964.
So was Alec Douglas-Home too not a legitimate PM in your eyes too then,if not then why not since the scenario is almost the same with Gordon Browns,except Harold Wilson and Labour got a tiny overall majority in that election, unlike David Cameron and the Conservatives in 2010.
In fact Winston Churchill stood down for Anthony Eden to take over before the election of 1955, then Anthony Eden stood down for harold Mcmillan to take over and he fought an election in 1959.
Then again as to Margaret Thatcher, she led her party to 3 election victories,thereby endorsed by the voters but the Conservative party,disgracefully and shamelessly the way they did so in my view, not the voters.
However John Major deposed Thatcher in 1990, he didn't call an election either until the very last minute in 1992, no snap election there either after a change of leader.