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[QUOTE]Originally posted by FawnDoo: [QB] I'm so glad that I'm not alone in finding that annoying! :) Like you I've never once voted for a PM - just for the local candidate. I can understand that some people might not have a grasp of how the system works, but I would expect major news outlets not to keep banging on the line about unelected PMs. It's fantastic that there have been investigations and witch-hunts about Blue Peter phone competitions but no-one is taking the BBC to task about consistently misrepresenting how our system of voting works at a time when people need to know how it works. Another point of irritation came when the newspapers started to refer to Gordon Brown as somehow "squatting" in Number 10, as if he was unwilling to leave. After all, it's not as if the sitting PM has a *constitutional duty* to remain in office while a new government is formed, is it? In fact, he has the duty to try to form a government first - a process Clegg skipped, but now seems to be coming back to. And for all the tantrum-throwing being indulged in by the right wing press, has no-one looked back to the last time this happened? Sitting PM whose party comes second in terms of seats...check. Remains in office following election of hung parliament despite rival party having more seats...check. Attempts to form government with Liberal party...check. Except, of course, the last time it happened the PM in question was a Tory. It's fascinating that for all the poison being penned by the Daily Mail and for all the nasty journalism being pioneered by Kay Burley and Adam Boulton, no-one is making more of an effort to say "Hang on! This happened before! This unusual situation is not entirely without precedent! Let's look back at what happened then, and see if there are any conclusions that can be drawn as to what will happen now." Why is that? Because the press know that it would undercut the basis for their rage and invective against Gordon Brown. Talking of tantrums, did anyone else see Adam Boulton lose it when talking to Alastair Campbell? Poor journalism, but cracking telly. Never thought I'd see the day when Campbell was thought to be the reasonable one. :) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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