Can Someone Explain Why Some Think The Pm Is Not Elected?

[ToraToraTora]

I don't get it, did she apply for the job in Evening standard or something? The leader of the party in Government is the PM! Or have I missed something? I have voted in every election since I could and I only ever voted for a local MP now I suppose that in Maidenhead they did vote for the PM but most of us did not, for this one or any other, so can someone explain, this sillyness it's beyond me.

[ToraToraTora]

gawd she's repeating own name now!

[youngmafbog]

I'm guessing where people are coming from is that a leader can lead the party in a certain direction. May is not Camoron - thank goodness so there is a different outlook on the Party policy that people did not vote for.

Having said that it is the way our system works just like the SNP & liberals having far too many votes for the number of people who voted for them compared to UKIP. The US have similar with people banging on about the 'popular vote'

I think another thing people now forget is that a PM cannot just 'call an election' May would need labour in a vote of no confidence and/or SNP and somehow I really dont think she would get that just now.

All in all it usually boils down to sour grapes.

[-Talbot-]

kvaldir is actually a good attempt.

Have you seen his attempts at spelling Nicola Sturgeon?

[kvalidir]

Yes Tora because spelled my name incorrectly and we know from earlier what a cardinal sin that is.

Youngmafbog- pretty much spot on including the sour grapes if truth be told :)

[ToraToraTora]

ah, spotting typos, I'll take that as a concession, when the argument is lost people start looking at grammar and spelling.

[kvalidir]

I can imagine Talbot :)

[Garaman]

I guess we do elect the leader really. In a general election I certainly don’t vote with my local MP in mind, but with the party in mind as I would think do most folk. The only thing we know at that time is who the leader will be, the other jobs will be resolved after the election. So we are in effect electing a party and leader.

[hereIam]

I can't make my mind up about Theresa May, sometimes I like her and sometimes I don't, I like her just now.

[Jackdaw33]

I like her. As Churchill said about someone else, "She's the only half-crown article in a sixpenny bazaar".

[youngmafbog]

I really liked her yesterday!

[Old_Geezer]

The PM tends to be the leader of the group most likely to form a stable government. Generally a party leader who was elected by their party to the role. The public does not elect the PM directly and neither do they vote for a party. They vote for a representative for their area, although many voters consider which party, if applicable, candidates have joined when they make a choice. Note that the PM need not be the leader of the largest party in the Commons: it is possible that a coalition of smaller parties may result in an overall majority power that appears to be a more stable choice. Basically the monarch chooses who to ask to form a government.

[-Talbot-]

I used to like Thereza Bazar, she was top dollar.

[hereIam]

I liked her yesterday as well ymb ....

[hereIam]

lol Talbot, you're making me chuckle today ...

[Jackdaw33]

She said what she was going to do and she did it, with, I suspect, no little enthusiasm. Those who think that she was at heart a Remainer ought to think again.

[naomi24]

I vividly remember Mikey telling us over and over that we’d voted for Cameron. No – we hadn’t. We’d voted Conservative. When Mrs May took the reins, she took the reins. That’s it really. I find it odd that anyone would vote for a party just because they like a particular leader – although, having said that I wasn’t surprised that Labour finally collapsed when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister. He did them no favours at all!

[kvalidir]

I agree with that Jack, she was no remainer ever- just a hypocrite :)

On form this afternoon Talbot :)

[naomi24]

Jackdaw, I don't know, but Corbyn followed the party line so that's not unknown. I sincerely hope you're right about Mrs May though.

[Jackdaw33]

Not a hypocrite, just very politically astute. She kept all her options open an rose to the top.

[Jackdaw33]

I have said this elsewhere on here but it bears repeating. TM was a holder of one of the four great offices of state. The prevailing wisdom at the time was that Remain would walk it. Had that turned out to be the case then by setting herself against Cameron, a vindictive and unforgiving man, she would have consigned herself to the political wilderness. Did you notice how hard she campaigned for the Remain side? It spoke wonders as to where her true sympathies lay. It paid off and she is now top dog.