RE: a question for the English

["Larry Seltzer" <Larry () larryseltzer com>]

The Queen could appoint anyone PM, but the point is that the PM needs to
form a government. If she were to choose a Conservative instead of Labor
when Blair resigned he wouldn't have had a governing majority.

IIRC in 1940 after Chamberlain resigned there was some question whether
the King would call Churchill or Halifax as PM, and it was basically his
decision. But I think Churchill was more enthusiastic.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blogs.eweek.com/cheap_hack/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larryseltzer () ziffdavis com 

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