Following the news that Gordon Brown has received the support of enough MPs to ensure that there won’t be a leadership contest after all, Sky News have taken to referring to him as ‘Prime Minister-elect’. Elect? ‘Prime Minister-nominate’, perhaps.
4 Responses to “Gordon Brown home and dry”
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May 16th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Mischief making, Bel?
Still, just shows how docile and fearful our MPs are. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Brown supporter, but I would have liked a contest, just so that he sets out his stall.
May 16th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Don’t see what you have to be jubilant about, JL.
Yes, you’re right, I’m just mischief making. Nothing better to do. After all, I’m just a spectator, I might as well make my own entertainment.
May 17th, 2007 at 3:09 am
I realize that most (if not all) people not ‘Gordon Brown’ would hate for him to write (or have any say in writing) a constitution for England, but this is one reason I think you guys need one.
The people should be able to elect the PM, regardless of what MP’s they elected in the locals. Just because person A got your vote doesn’t mean you want their candidate to be the PM.
May 17th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Isn’t it a constitutional convention that the leader of the party in power is the PM?