Tony Benn ? too thick to be a spy

[David Johnson]

"He was briefly a minister in the 1970's, as were hundreds of other people,"

Now come on Maxy, he was a minister for about ten years, wasn't he?

"Like I said, it is not hard to make someone an MP."

Vote Max, you know it makes sense! I will be your Campaign Manager if you give me half of your expenses.

[spider]

Stand for UKIP Max.

That is by far the best party for you to stand for. You won?t have to bother with coherent policies or any rubbish like that.

[Essex Lad]

Here we go again... the Queen did not appoint AD-H leader of the Conservative Party.

[Essex Lad]

I suppose you could say he was heroic in keeping Labour out of power for 13 years.

[David Johnson]

Now, now no sarcasm please!!!!!

[spider]

No you are correct. The Queen appointed ADH as Prime Minister.

[Essex Lad]

Lol - says the master of the art.

[spider]

Thank you.

[Essex Lad]

Insofar as the Queen appoints all Prime Minister's when they kiss hands. She didn't choose him though...

[spider]

Here is a quote from the UK Gov Website.

"The Queen has two prerogatives, to choose, or now to confirm, a new Prime Minister in office and to grant a dissolution of Parliament, triggering a general election. The first prerogative was exercised in 1957 and in 1963 when the leadership of the Conservative party became vacant between general elections. After taking advice from senior Conservatives, the Queen invited Harold Macmillan to become her third Prime Minister, a process repeated in October 1963 when Sir Alec Douglas-Home was appointed."



Definitions
verb
Word forms: chooses, choosing, chose, chosen

to select (a person, thing, course of action, etc) from a number of alternatives

From Collins English dictionary.

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I have looked at several on-line dictionaries and they all say the same.

Why does the UK Government website make this distinction between what happened in 1957 and 1963 and what happened afterwards if there is no difference?


You have never been able to explain this distintion to me.

Of course you will be telling me next that to be Prime Minister of the UK during the 20th Century you had to be a member of either Houses of Parliament and not just a common or garden man in the street.