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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Zipacna: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by FawnDoo: 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.[/QUOTE]That really got me annoyed, partially because I minored in politics at university and as such know how the system works...and apparantly know it far better than anyone at the BBC. By that very arguement, was Ted Heath squatting in 1974 before he resigned? Or maybe the arguement doesn't apply when it's a Tory leader in Number 10. Same is true about the whole "unelected PM" thing upon a change of leader. Naturally leaving aside what has been said about how the PM isn't elected, should John Major have called an election in 1992? What about Jim Callagham in 1976? Or even, shock horror, Winston Churchill in 1940? 'Cause, you know, none of them were party leader during the general election prior to their assumption of the post of Prime Minister. Like him or not, Gordon Brown has ironically done exactly what the precedent and procedure has suggested he do...when there's no clear leader, the incumbent has the right to have a go before anyone else. But what does it matter now that he's resigned as Prime Minister... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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