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Can You Vote for the New Prime Minister? – TLDR News
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Choosing the next Prime Minister is a big and important task, so it seems natural to make the process and simple and democratic as possible. However, in the UK only 160,000 people will be voting to select the new PM. We discuss who gets to vote, why you likely don’t get to vote and if this system actually is fair.
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As oil drilling moves closer to reality, we explore how it could transform the Falkland Islands’ economy, politics, and long-running sovereignty dispute with Argentina.
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FT Argentina Angered By Prospect of Oil Boom in Falklands
https://www.ft.com/content/ce25f41d-49e2-42e3-956e-dab0de9301e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1
The Times Drilling to go Ahead at Sea Lion Oilfield
https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/drilling-confirmed-sea-lion-oil-field-rockhopper-falklands-5nz8npwpw
The Times Falkland Islands $4bn Oil Bonanza
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/falkland-islands-4bn-boost-oilfield-go-ahead-6crtkvqzk
Yahoo Finance The Falklands are Turning into a Mini Dubai
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/falklands-quietly-turning-next-dubai-180437990.html
BBC News Quick Guide: The Falklands Economy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/in_pictures_the_falklands_economy/print.stm
0:00 How the Falklands are Becoming a Petrostate
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In this video, we’re going to have a look into the Clacton by-election, why the other parties have stood down, what Farage’s plan is, and why it seems like it may have already backfired.
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Telegraph Farage By-Election Gamble Turns to Farce
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/07/farage-resigns-but-by-election-gamble-turns-to-farce/
BBC News Farage’s Political Rivals Rule Out Standing in Clacton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdg4y3g0z7o
The Guardian Political Rivals Vow to Boycott By-Election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/07/nigel-farage-quits-as-mp-amid-scrunity-over-finances-clacton-reform
Politics Home Labour and Tories Refuse to Field Candidates
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/labour-tories-refuse-stand-candidates-clacton-byelection
Politico Badenoch Says Farage Cracking Under the Pressure
https://www.politico.eu/article/kemi-badenoch-nigel-farage-pressure-by-election/
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@bt3743
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
Honestly the law should be changed so if the prime minister steps down as leader then either the entire country should be able to vote in a referendum on who should be leader or a snap general election must be called as soon as the leader is chosen
@Lohoris
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
While you strive to be as objective as possible, I always have the feeling that you are in favour of presidential Republic.
I'd like to know why, because to me it's horrific: too high chances of electing a madman.
@DirtyPoul
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
I find it completely fair. A general election is not about electing prime ministers anyway. It's about electing MPs and party lines that you find sensible and/or agree with. There shouldn't be so much focus on who is the leader of the parties anyway, if you ask me. They're always at the mercy of parliament and their party. Sure, they're important, but focusing on it so much on party leaders rather than party policies simply give power to demagogues who are good orators or know how to rile up the general public. It shifts focus from what the politicians do to what they say.
If this was about a president, it would be completely different. Partly because a president hold much more power than a prime minister, but also because a president is not at the mercy of a simple majority of parliament, but often requires a supermajority of some kind. That in itself also means a president can rule more in his own right after he is chosen, while a prime minister is always held in direct check by his parliament. That makes a big difference.
@laxrulz7
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
I actually think there's some value in the PM being someone that demonstrably can't say they have a mandate "from the people". The problem here is that Boris Johnson is talking and acting as if he does have a mandate which is… Crazy
@tygonmaster
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
The UK is not a democracy and never was. Not sure what people exactly expect. It is not governed by the will of the people, simply the acknowledgement of the people.
@purplebrick131
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
Say what you want, if you can't elect the representative of the people then it's not the representative of the people. It's not democratic at all. The people should be given the voice in who represents them to the outside world and steers their course. This system is mad. In Germany the thought of someone taking over the highest position without the agreement of THE VERY PEOPLE THEYRE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK FOR is just ridiculous. It's not how democracy works for me.
@kenbrownnyc
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
Seems “dodgy”…. 🇺🇸
@MideoKuze
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
It should be noted that if the president of the United States were to step down, power would pass directly to their VP with no vote at all, until the next electoral cycle. The difference is the party's election process in the UK could pick anybody, whereas (part of) the line of succession for the US president is known from the get-go (and a US president is not the same as a PM so a president stepping down due to nonconfidence is unheard of). Where the Westminster system goes wrong here, I think, is that people elect their representatives, not party leaders, but a party leader and their prospective cabinet have a massive effect on policy. So, where a transfer of power from a president to a VP would change very little, as chances are they'd keep all the same staff and appointments, a transfer of power from a prime minister to somebody else could mean a total change in direction and personnel.
Strictly speaking, that's not a bad thing, particularly if the current prime minister's direction and personnel aren't very good, but it can mean essentially a change in government with no popular vote. If the prime minister isn't doing well, they could step down and, to the chagrin of the public, replace themselves with effectively their double. Or, in the opposite case, the base could elect a leader (*coughs* Boris Johnson *coughs*) who doesn't represent what the general public voted for and change the government's direction entirely.
As I alluded to earlier, the problem is the prime minister, whose office is very influential, is only elected indirectly, through the MPs. And if you think this is a serious problem in the UK, allow me to introduce you to Canada, where the PMO holds most of the power in a government, and MPs almost never vote against the whip. There, a transfer of power between party leaders essentially means a transfer of absolute control of the federal government (in a majority situation; Canada has a lot of minority governments and has never been led by a formal coalition or confidence-and-supply agreement at the federal level). The solution, it would seem, would be to hold independent elections for the prime minister, maybe even in such a way that multiple candidates from the same party could stand for election at once. Sure, gridlock is a definite possibility, as we see in the US, but I think the Brexit situation has shown us that the possibility for failure states of the government will always be there.
@jackrainbow560
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
We SHOULD have a national leadership election, like the US does to elect the president. The lower house, Congress is at the moment ruled by the opposition and the same rule should apply in the UK, whereby the leader of the country is voted in separately from members of Parliament, our lower house. To allow arbitrary installation of unelected national leaders is not democratic. They HAVE been voted in by their constituencies, but that does not mean their constituency would necessarily have supported them as a candidate for national leadership. In the the case of Traitorous Fuck May, given the opportunity to oust the bitch, her constituency might well have thrown the creature out. Britain is NOT a democracy, never forget that.
@foxtrot.tango.whisky
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
Whenever there is to be a change of PM, if we truly believe in democracy, the choice should be made by the electorate, plain and simple!
@TazKidNoah
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
We can fix this with Republicanism with Codified British Constitution. Creating separation of Legislative from Executive where Political party who is majority in Parliament can pick PM WHILE President is picked by British Public.
@TheDarkKnight992
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
Do some US dollar conversions when applicable please when you can.
@djedg10
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
1:28 Hire a proof reader!
@Albiorix
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
I think it's fair. Like the great thinkers of Ancient Greece that founded western civilization said, democracy leads to demagoguery. You elected a party, and idea set, and from that idea set it shouldn't be relevant to you who the man in the big seat is, for he shares your ideas. Seems pretty straightforward. Not everything should be up for vote. Indeed, very few things should be up for the general public to vote on.
If mankind is to advance towards a liberal meritocratic technocracy, which is what I want, then that's the way forward. Don't vote on everything.
@flaviusclaudius7510
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
If you voted in the last election, then you already have.
@JontyLevine
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
I don't particularly mind that we're not electing the leader directly. We voted for a party (or, to be technical about it, our local representatives) in 2017 and, in spite of everything, the Tories won so they're allowed to do this. I feel like the alternative would be a US-style presidential system where too much is decided on the basis of the leader's personality.
@JontyLevine
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
3:24 Andrea Leadsom looks more like Theresa May in this graphic than Theresa May.
@EvanC0912
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
There are 3 alternatives:
1. Make it illegal to change party leadership when the party is leading the government
2. Make a law to dissolve parliament and call for new election in the event of a PM resignation
3. Make it so that the PM is kept unchanged until the end of their tenure (or new election is called) although they have resigned the party leadership.
Personally, I think number 1 and 2 aren't ideal. What if the PM dies suddenly? So, I think option 3 is more feasible. Germany uses it if I'm not mistaken. Merkel is still chancellor after she quit the leadership of her party recently
@hblaub
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
Very fair. Of course. You are not really controlling your own nation, so it's okay for you to not even get to vote at all, too.
@DJJuzz
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Boris intends to call an election after Brexit. Not really comparable to Gordon Brown going 3 years without an election.
Be fair and compare apples to apples.
@Youthure
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
You don't watch your own video's completely? 😱
@honeybadgergl
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
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@omarelmasri6709
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
Not sure how it is in the UK but in Canada more than 99% of the time the representatives follow the party leader regardless of what he does, so in my opinion it matters. We have a nice word for it here, Friendly Dictators.
@trainman07011
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
You already voted when you voted in the Conservative government. If UK wants to vote for every new PM seperately, UK would have to change the Constitution.
@philippheyken9300
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
The bizarre thing is that the head of the conservative will automatically become prime minister with (apparently) all rights and privileges. In every other parliamentary democracy, you need to get a majority in the parliament in order to become prime minister, it does not matter at all if you are the head of a party or not.
Please note that this in a country where nationalists are always shouting about "unelected officials in Brussels"… At least the EU Commission President fist needs to get a majority in the EU parliament to get the job.
@Ticklestein
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
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@manisanti
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
Snap elections
@peterebel7899
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
Halloween soon ante portas.
Time used wisely?
Preparations made?
Stupid conservative in party power games.
Since weeks.
Since months.
Since years
– These games were the origin of the whole issue –
@sophienugre4161
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
I think the process is fair for electing the leader of the respective party. It is laughable to even discuss this process for choosing a prime minister. There should be an election involving the general electorate or prime ministers should name a running mate like in america.
@juangomezfuentes8825
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
And they where saying that the European Union is not democratic because the Europeans do not vote directly the president of the European commission.
@samthetinkerer4947
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
The new prime minister could call a general election like May did. That went well for her. Lol
@garywood97
December 25, 2023 at 7:06 am
It would be madness if the entire public could vote for the leader of a particular party. Labour voters would deliberately vote for the worst candidate.
That would make no sense at all.