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Gordon Brown……who?

By The Anglo American | April 21, 2008

Gordon Brown’s visit to the US has left many Americans  under whelmed if not a little bewildered. With the Democrat election taking center stage, did America miss the British election? And Tony Blair, he lost - right?

Well, it is no on both counts! There was no British election and Tony Blair went on his own accord. Some might say he volunteered to be pushed. The British do not hold a separate election for their Premier.

Confused?

To put it into an American context it works like this. You vote for the House of Representatives {Houses of Parliament} and the congressman/woman {member of parliament} looks after your interests, where you live. Your Congressman/woman may be an independent but is more likely to be a member of the Republican Party {The Conservatives} or a Democrat {New Labour {not Labor} - the old Labour Party were 100% socialists. The new guys are a hybrid of everything}. There is a third party in Britain known as the Liberal Democrats but are much smaller than either and have a way of imploding on themselves. However the Liberal Democrat leader was the only British party leader to oppose the Iraq war and say so to George Bush’s face.

The leader of the party would become speaker {Prime Minister} if his/her party formed a majority in the House. So in a British context, Nancy Pelosi would be the Premier of the United States.

But that does not explain why British leaders suddenly vanish only to reappear on the lucrative US public speaking circuit? The explanation is simple. There is a democratic process, by party members, to appoint the party leader. But once appointed as Prime Minister the elected parliamentary party members retain the right to remove him from office.

And to remove her from office. That is exactly what happened to Margaret Thatcher. It sort of happened to Tony Blair. Such was his unpopularity, he would have met Margaret Thatcher’s political knife had he tried to see out his term in office.          

Since there has been no recent general election. Gordon Brown has yet to stand in front of the British people to be elected as their leader.

This may explain why he arrived in a small private jet under a media-cloaking device - namely the Pope. Who, outside Washington, knew he was there?  

  Brown’s Royal Airforce One? No, the Rolling Stones hire it as well!  

And while he was meeting the Washington glitterati, at home there are plans already taking hold within New Labour  to get rid of him!

Getting rid of politicians marks the cornerstone of all democracies. The British certainly have a taste for it - as for it being democratic……………?    

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