if the prime minister chucks the towel in should there be an election.... i voted for Tony Blair but would not

Question

...... have voted for Gordon Brown....??????

Answer 1

i say old chap...who the blank cares...cheerio

Answer 2

In fact you might have liked Tony Blair, but you voted for your local Labour candidate, and this gave Labour the majority they needed to get power...

And the sitting government always takes the view that a change of Prime Minister does not need an election... same when Margaret Thatcher was stabbed in the back by Michael Hesaltine ... Joh Major ended up Prime Minister and there was no election then either

Answer 3

You say you voted for Tony Blair. Did you not vote for what Labour represented against what the Tory`s or the Lib`s represented at the time.
Tony Blair is only the head of what the Labour Party represents.

Answer 4

Of course there should be an election. If the serving Prime Minister wins a General Election then they should serve the full 4 years, not state a year into a new term they intend to step down and hand over power to the next in line.

Gordon Brown could call a general election if he wanted to, but knows full well that he'd be voted out as soon as he'd got in.

Answer 5

when to call an election within the mandatory 5 years is entirely the decision of the PM, whoever he or she may be.
There are plenty of precedents of PMs waiting for years prior to calling a GE, Hume, Callaghan and Major spring to mind. Remember Major left it to almost the last week, as he knew his lot were about to be hammered. We live in a democracy, not an 11th century Muslim state, well not yet anyway, and the right to vote, as fought for by the embryonic
Labour party and their predecessors, people like the Chartists etc. is a cherished right of the citizens of our islands. It is for them to cast their franchise as they wish ,this is freedom. I for one when Mr Brown decides to call an election , will vote for the people who gave us this freedom not the people who tried to keep it from us for their own ends.
As regards that you voted for Blair not Brown, this has no relevance to the Constitution. In my own experience I voted in every GE since 1964 and it was not until 1997 that I voted for a winning candidate. Changes in the voting system is a different issue, but your inuendo's just don't hold water

Answer 6

Never voted for Blair never would. Always felt there was something incredibly insincere about him, maybe it was the false rictour of a grin he always had. That said I do think there should be a general election when he does go although i would love it if someone else beat Brown in the leadership election.

Answer 7

properly, the different gadget is to have a at as quickly as elected president and look the place that have been given the human beings! Its no extra effective there! what's relatively undesirable is that for the duration of basic terms approximately 27% of human beings who have been eligible to vote on the final election, voted for Labour. And in basic terms approximately 37% of human beings who easily voted, voted for Labour. So Labour did not even get a majority of votes - it replaced into in basic terms purely over a third of the votes. we've a tousled balloting gadget in this u . s ..

Answer 8

This will not be the first time that a party in government has changed it's leader. This happened in c1940 when Winston took over leadership of the Tory party in government and replaced the discredited "peace in our time" prat. Just as well really otherwise we may all have ended up doing the goose step.

Answer 9

i would like to see one but to be fair theres no legal reason why there has to be one its never been done before with a change of leader. the way our system works you voted for the Labour party not Blair maybe that should change but thats the way it is.

Answer 10

I think their needs to be an election as soon possible after he's gone. Having said that I'm not sure their's anyone worth voting for.

Answer 11

No,But they should have a vote on who becomes prime monster.minister.It is a case of if someone else says i will do the job then thay have to put it to a vote.Will the real future prime minister please stand up.