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Originally Posted by Zarley
but I miss the days when prime ministers earned their positions based on merit.
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The days you're missing are fictional (or rather only exist in your imagination).
Prime Ministers "earn their position" on the basis of their skill and ability to gain the leadership of whatever political party they lead and that political party's ability to elect enough MP's to command the confidence of the House of Commons... thus "merit" is only (and has always only been) the ability to do precisely that.