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I joined this forum about 10 years ago, but didn't post much, and soon stopped. I thought I'd come back, so, as I'm effectively a new member, I'd better introduce myself. I'm 66, a divorced postal worker living in Hemel Hempstead, about 25 miles north of London. I'm originally from Stockport...

Furthermore, he wasn't "given his job by his mate"; he was elected fairly by the Labour M.P.s.

I'd vote Green, so I suppose I'm 'other', but I'm not voting in such a blatantly biased poll, where I can only vote specifically for the three largest parties. was it really too much trouble to give a longer list of all the parties likely to stand, including Greens, UKRAP, SNP, Plaid, Cymru, etc?

No Prime Minister is elected by the people as Prime Minister; we only elect M.P.s directly. The cabinet posts, including P.M., are sorted out internally by the party of government.

Well, obviously not - they're both Tories, and we have a Labour government. They both have been in either the shadow cabinet or the last tory one, and Major-Ballsup was the last Tory P.M., for heaven's sake!

I feel about the Conservatives what I've always felt about them, which is not postable on a respectable Christian forum. I'm not much more impressed with Labour these days, former party member though I am. The Lib Dems seem to be the most radical of the three main parties these days, though...