Excuse Me

[weecalf]

but should the British public not be the one’s that decide who the next PM is not the Tory party .If T May resigns then Tory’s elect leader ,then a general election . .That way we know who s gonna be next premier .Does any one agree ?

[tonyav]

That way we know who s gonna be next premier

Yes I agree because it rules out Corbyn :-)

[Gizmonster]

Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way.
When you vote at the election, you're actually voting for the party; not the prime minister - so the winning party has up to 5 years in power, not necessarily with the leader that you voted for.

It happens quite frequently:
Margaret Thatcher resigned in 1990 and John Major took over.
Tony Blair resigned in 2007 and Gordon Brown took over.
David Cameron resigned in 2106 and Theresa May took over.

[naomi24]

No. The public never decides who will lead the various parties.

[Zacs-Master]

Don’t some people have a strange idea of how politics work! Sheesh.

[Baldric]

Oh don't disillusion the average ABer perlease!

[teacake44]

Both parties spin the same yarn, more or less, I believe that most people vote for the leader they like the most at the time, weather it be con or lab. For the last 15 years they've both been useless anyhow, so just take a punt.

[jim360]

// When you vote at the election, you're actually voting for the party; not the prime minister... //

You aren't even doing that: you vote for your MP, who tells you what party they are, and decides the PM because of that. But I agree with the gist of your point.

[naomi24]

I vote for a party - not an individual MP.

[jim360]

Sure, but that's not how the system is designed, which is the point here.

[spathiphyllum]

That's apparently democracy. Your area votes for a guy or girl, who represents the area and decides for the area who the next vote goes to. That's apparently democracy.

[teacake44]

I know all the way it works, but I still believe that most, when voting, still vote for a leader, again weather con or lab, whoever's the best at telling porkies.

[naomi24]

Jim at 10:36, that's already been established.

[teacake44]

I bet 75% of folk don't even know who their local/area leader is, I don't, because I don't care, they are all the same, a load of snakes/sharks.

[Mags22]

The whole issue is one muddle! I've given up trying to work it all out - the majority voted out so why haven't they agreed with each other and got us out - simple we thought!

[Mags22]

I'm with Teacake - no idea!

[Peter Pedant]

// I vote for a party - not an individual MP.//

Harold Wilson tried to convert ( innovator etc in the white of the techono revolution ) the election to a presidential one and visited all the swing constituencies.....
and lost
1973 I think
and no one has tried it since then

Labour has an election of the leader from the party and it can't be said to be a success

The Tories had a the dark smoke filled rooms ( last one Alec Douglas Home 1962) and tried another which is of varying success. designed by Humphrey Berkeley
( and ABers really can ask vacantly - who he den? )

[Peter Pedant]

we have had this before
the Queen had ALexc Douglas Home thrust onto her (!) and the then attorney general said "yeah you have to you maj".
So she hired private lawyers to go to cambridge and ask the prof of constituional law ( Ivor Jennings ) if it wer e true

and he wrote a book about it - governance of england I think - drew in his breath and chewed on a pencil and
said - yes really

( it depends on who hahahahaha commands a majority in the house of commons)