We don't vote for a Prime Minister. We vote for our constituency Parliamentary candidate. Thereafter, it is down to the Parliamentary party who represents our vote to select or boot out who they think is, or isn't doing the job right on our behalf and select someone who they think will do the job better... on behalf of those who voted for the winning MP. The Labour Party Parliamentary members clearly thought Brown should go and indeed he will be now. It is therefore down to them who is the next party leader... irrespective of what you may or may not think about a party leader... not us.
I would also venture that a party leader who failed to achieve a majority government might be seen to having failed also, but it was down to the candidates who failed to bring home the bacon, not him.
Rant over.
I would also venture that a party leader who failed to achieve a majority government might be seen to having failed also, but it was down to the candidates who failed to bring home the bacon, not him.
Rant over.
I had a much shorter rant on this on subject FB yesterday after listening to that wazzock Nick Robinson smugly banging on about an unelected Labour prime minister. This is what worried me about the whole leadership debate thing, the media seem determined to reflect a presidential system rather than our parliamentary one.
