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Here's a question, mainly aimed at those who are of the view that we directly elect our Prime Minister (we don't, we elect our local MP and the party with the most MP's forms a government and that party selects the Prime Minister - who is usually the current leader of the party)
Theresa May is the MP for Maidenhead, and while she commanded a very strong majority at the last general election, her constituency voted to remain in the European Union in last years referendum.
So, given what happened in a nearby bi-election triggered by the departure of Zac Goldsmith from the Conservative party over the issue of Heathrow expansion and that in that bi-election voters opted for his Liberal Democrat rival, there is a possibility - albeit incredibly slim, that Mrs Mays constituents may not return her to Westminster on 8th June and thereby, in the event of a Conservative Majority, she would be unable to continue as Prime Minister
In such event, the Conservatives would need to select a new party leader, and therefore Prime Minister and we'd likely hear the same old retterick being trotted out again about that person being unelected as Prime Minister and that we should have another election  |
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"Here's a question, mainly aimed at those who are of the view that we directly elect our Prime Minister (we don't, we elect our local MP and the party with the most MP's forms a government and that party selects the Prime Minister - who is usually the current leader of the party)
Theresa May is the MP for Maidenhead, and while she commanded a very strong majority at the last general election, her constituency voted to remain in the European Union in last years referendum.
So, given what happened in a nearby bi-election triggered by the departure of Zac Goldsmith from the Conservative party over the issue of Heathrow expansion and that in that bi-election voters opted for his Liberal Democrat rival, there is a possibility - albeit incredibly slim, that Mrs Mays constituents may not return her to Westminster on 8th June and thereby, in the event of a Conservative Majority, she would be unable to continue as Prime Minister
In such event, the Conservatives would need to select a new party leader, and therefore Prime Minister and we'd likely hear the same old retterick being trotted out again about that person being unelected as Prime Minister and that we should have another election "
Unlikely, though I have three like minded friends from her constituency who don't really like her. They are all from middle class, far more affluent families than myself.
Their feelings are that many constituents are not happy with leaving the EU or single market. They are predicting it will stay conservative, but the lib dems will get a fair amount of support in the area.
If what you outlined happens though it would be a conundrum. Surely the party would just have one MP 'resign' and she'd fill their gap though? |
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"Here's a question, mainly aimed at those who are of the view that we directly elect our Prime Minister (we don't, we elect our local MP and the party with the most MP's forms a government and that party selects the Prime Minister - who is usually the current leader of the party)
Theresa May is the MP for Maidenhead, and while she commanded a very strong majority at the last general election, her constituency voted to remain in the European Union in last years referendum.
So, given what happened in a nearby bi-election triggered by the departure of Zac Goldsmith from the Conservative party over the issue of Heathrow expansion and that in that bi-election voters opted for his Liberal Democrat rival, there is a possibility - albeit incredibly slim, that Mrs Mays constituents may not return her to Westminster on 8th June and thereby, in the event of a Conservative Majority, she would be unable to continue as Prime Minister
In such event, the Conservatives would need to select a new party leader, and therefore Prime Minister and we'd likely hear the same old retterick being trotted out again about that person being unelected as Prime Minister and that we should have another election
Unlikely, though I have three like minded friends from her constituency who don't really like her. They are all from middle class, far more affluent families than myself.
Their feelings are that many constituents are not happy with leaving the EU or single market. They are predicting it will stay conservative, but the lib dems will get a fair amount of support in the area.
If what you outlined happens though it would be a conundrum. Surely the party would just have one MP 'resign' and she'd fill their gap though? "
If an mp resigned they'd surely have a by election wouldnt they? |
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"Here's a question, mainly aimed at those who are of the view that we directly elect our Prime Minister (we don't, we elect our local MP and the party with the most MP's forms a government and that party selects the Prime Minister - who is usually the current leader of the party)
Theresa May is the MP for Maidenhead, and while she commanded a very strong majority at the last general election, her constituency voted to remain in the European Union in last years referendum.
So, given what happened in a nearby bi-election triggered by the departure of Zac Goldsmith from the Conservative party over the issue of Heathrow expansion and that in that bi-election voters opted for his Liberal Democrat rival, there is a possibility - albeit incredibly slim, that Mrs Mays constituents may not return her to Westminster on 8th June and thereby, in the event of a Conservative Majority, she would be unable to continue as Prime Minister
In such event, the Conservatives would need to select a new party leader, and therefore Prime Minister and we'd likely hear the same old retterick being trotted out again about that person being unelected as Prime Minister and that we should have another election "
So the Lib Dems, polling 12% nationally, could turn over a 29,000 majority.
I'll file that one alongside flying pigs, the second coming, and the tooth fairy.  |
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"Here's a question, mainly aimed at those who are of the view that we directly elect our Prime Minister (we don't, we elect our local MP and the party with the most MP's forms a government and that party selects the Prime Minister - who is usually the current leader of the party)
Theresa May is the MP for Maidenhead, and while she commanded a very strong majority at the last general election, her constituency voted to remain in the European Union in last years referendum.
So, given what happened in a nearby bi-election triggered by the departure of Zac Goldsmith from the Conservative party over the issue of Heathrow expansion and that in that bi-election voters opted for his Liberal Democrat rival, there is a possibility - albeit incredibly slim, that Mrs Mays constituents may not return her to Westminster on 8th June and thereby, in the event of a Conservative Majority, she would be unable to continue as Prime Minister
In such event, the Conservatives would need to select a new party leader, and therefore Prime Minister and we'd likely hear the same old retterick being trotted out again about that person being unelected as Prime Minister and that we should have another election "
I think this is a very unlikely scenario however, if it did happen, I don't think it would be a major problem to solve. Mrs. May's big problem currently is that it can be argued currently that the direction she is taking the country in now is not the same direction that the Conservative party said it would take in its manifesto for 2015; therefore there is no mandate. By putting a hard BREXIT in the manifesto this time round then, regardless who actually leads the party, there will be a clear mandate for the direction of travel. |
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"So the Lib Dems, polling 12% nationally, could turn over a 29,000 majority.
I'll file that one alongside flying pigs, the second coming, and the tooth fairy. "
As I eluded to in my original post, I appreciate that it is incredibly unlikely. The question was purely hypothetical and really illustrates the fact that we do not directly elect the Prime Minister |
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"Here's a question, mainly aimed at those who are of the view that we directly elect our Prime Minister (we don't, we elect our local MP and the party with the most MP's forms a government and that party selects the Prime Minister - who is usually the current leader of the party)
Theresa May is the MP for Maidenhead, and while she commanded a very strong majority at the last general election, her constituency voted to remain in the European Union in last years referendum.
So, given what happened in a nearby bi-election triggered by the departure of Zac Goldsmith from the Conservative party over the issue of Heathrow expansion and that in that bi-election voters opted for his Liberal Democrat rival, there is a possibility - albeit incredibly slim, that Mrs Mays constituents may not return her to Westminster on 8th June and thereby, in the event of a Conservative Majority, she would be unable to continue as Prime Minister
In such event, the Conservatives would need to select a new party leader, and therefore Prime Minister and we'd likely hear the same old retterick being trotted out again about that person being unelected as Prime Minister and that we should have another election
So the Lib Dems, polling 12% nationally, could turn over a 29,000 majority.
I'll file that one alongside flying pigs, the second coming, and the tooth fairy. "
Totally agree. |
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"Here's a question, mainly aimed at those who are of the view that we directly elect our Prime Minister (we don't, we elect our local MP and the party with the most MP's forms a government and that party selects the Prime Minister - who is usually the current leader of the party)
Theresa May is the MP for Maidenhead, and while she commanded a very strong majority at the last general election, her constituency voted to remain in the European Union in last years referendum.
So, given what happened in a nearby bi-election triggered by the departure of Zac Goldsmith from the Conservative party over the issue of Heathrow expansion and that in that bi-election voters opted for his Liberal Democrat rival, there is a possibility - albeit incredibly slim, that Mrs Mays constituents may not return her to Westminster on 8th June and thereby, in the event of a Conservative Majority, she would be unable to continue as Prime Minister
In such event, the Conservatives would need to select a new party leader, and therefore Prime Minister and we'd likely hear the same old retterick being trotted out again about that person being unelected as Prime Minister and that we should have another election "
I think this is a very unlikely scenario however, if it did happen, I don't think it would be a major problem to solve. Mrs. May's big problem currently is that it can be argued currently that the direction she is taking the country in now is not the same direction that the Conservative party said it would take in its manifesto for 2015; therefore there is no mandate. By putting a hard BREXIT in the manifesto this time round then, regardless who actually leads the party, there will be a clear mandate for the direction of travel. |
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