From: martin@address-in-sig.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 10 Jun 2017 11:44:50 -0700, The old geezer wrote:   
      
   > On Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 2:43:01 PM UTC-4, The old geezer wrote:   
   >   
   > My view is that she thinks she can do no wrong and will easily control   
   > the situation while, in reality, she's arrogant, stupidly   
   > overconfident,a liar,   
   > and doesn't understand the situation or the damage she's done and is   
   > doing to the country...   
   >   
   > Golly gee....this sounds like a well known politician on this side of   
   > the pond!   
   >   
   The situation is quite similar, in that the ruling elite don't realise   
   how unpopular they are, and have been since the Brown Government. This   
   has a lot to do with the rise of Jeremy Corbin: his popularity has been   
   helped a lot by his performance during the run up to this week's election.   
      
   The chief difference from the US situation is that there are no Trump   
   equivalents, i.e. complete Westminster outsiders, sticking their heads   
   over the parapet. A UK Trump is probably impossible because the PM isn't   
   directly elected. Instead the process is:   
      
   - We elect Members of Parliament using a first-past-the post system   
     in 750 odd electorates, all of roughly the same size.   
      
   - The party with the most seats selects one of themselves to be the   
     Prime Minister, though this person is usually the party leader   
     going into the election, so everybody knows who that will be as soon   
     as the election results are announced.   
      
   - The PM in turn gets the nod from the Queen to form a Government   
      
   - The PM and the senior party members then decide who will fill the   
     cabinet seats and run the various ministries. Again, we generally   
     know who these are likely to be because if the last Government   
     is returned the cabinet will be much the same as last time, and, if   
     an opposition party wins their Shadow Cabinet members will probably   
     form the new Cabinet.   
      
      
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