Brown: I will stay on even after poll defeat

[DiscoStu]

The man is a mentalist obsessive.

"I owe it to people to continue and complete the work that we have started of taking this country out of the most difficult financial recession"

You owe it to us to f##k off into a very deep hole and never emerge

Linky

[centurian]

A classic case of the headline not being representative of the article content.

He seems to be referring to what he would do if he failed to secure an overall majority, which isn't the same as an outright defeat.

[d000hg]

Random question... how commonly do prime-ministers remain as party leader after their party loses a general election?

I'd assume it's pretty rare?

[centurian]

Random question... how commonly do prime-ministers remain as party leader after their party loses a general election?

I'd assume it's pretty rare?

For any meaningful period, Winston Churchill was probably the last one.

After he lost the 1945 election, he remainined as Tory leader, going on to lose the 1950 election as well, but winning the 1951 election becomming PM once again.


Actually correction to that - Clement Atlee remained as Labour leader for 4 years after being defeated by Churchill in 1951.

Also Harold Wilson did what Churchill managed - remained in opposition from 1970-74 and then became PM again.

[RichardCranium]

What can you expect from an unelected Prime Minister?

[AtW]

What can you expect from an unelected Prime Minister?

To be fair he was elected as an MP. Given that he is the leader of the party it seems logical (within current system) that he became PM - that's not the biggest issue with Brown.

[DiscoStu]

What can you expect from an unelected Prime Minister?

What scares me more is the huge number of people who'd still consider voting for his party.

[DiscoStu]

To be fair he was elected as an MP. Given that he is the leader of the party it seems logical (within current system) that he became PM - that's not the biggest issue with Brown.

No, the fact that he's a mentalist concerns me far more.

[RichardCranium]

To be fair he was elected as an MP. Given that he is the leader of the party it seems logical (within current system) that he became PM - that's not the biggest issue with Brown.

It might seem fair to you, but it ain't democracy.

We never voted for him to represent us as PM.

[d000hg]

What can you expect from an unelected Prime Minister?

Every PM is unelected by the general public. You're perhaps confusing the British parliamentary system with Dancing on Ice.