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Fun fact about how UK chooses its Prime Ministers

90% of the relevant case law occurred under Elizabeth II, ju...
smoky heady trump supporter mad cow disease
  07/21/26


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Date: July 21st, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: smoky heady trump supporter mad cow disease

90% of the relevant case law occurred under Elizabeth II, just because she was alive for so long and cycled through so many PMs, god damn. The only ones anyone remembers are Blaire, Thatcher and Johnson.

So under English common law, you have to treat as "precedent" each occasion when this happened. Rishi Sunak will forever be a case on the books, used to illustrate how English law can be applied in practice. Once a PM leaves office and a successor is appointed, actual case is established

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884862&forum_id=2#50015125)