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	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Prime Minister is appointed by the Sovereign, who is bound by constitutional convention to choose the individual most likely to command the support of the House of Commons (normally, the leader of the party with a majority in that body).
		The title "Prime Minister", however, is not altogether a matter of convention, as in 1905 it was in a sense given official recognition when the "Prime Minister" was named in the "order of precedence," outranked, among non-royals, only by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and by the Lord Chancellor.
		Whenever the office of Prime Minister falls vacant, the Sovereign is responsible for appointing the new incumbent; the appointment is formalised at a ceremony known as Kissing Hands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom (4917 words)

	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to custom, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (which he or she heads) are responsible for their actions to Parliament, of which they are members by (modern) convention.
		The current Prime Minister is Tony Blair (of the Labour Party), who has been in office since 1997.
		The only important British honours over which the Prime Minister does not have control are the Orders of the Garter, Thistle, and Merit, and the Royal Victorian Order, which are all within the "personal gift" of the Sovereign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Prime_Minister (4917 words)

	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The present Deputy Prime Minister is John Prescott, who is also Secretary of State for Transport, Environment and the Regions.
		Ministers, Privy Counsellors, Ambassadors and High Commissioners, senior civil servants, senior military officers, senior judges, Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England, members of important committees and commissions, and several other officials are selected, and in some cases may be removed, by the Prime Minister.
		Such a tactic was used in 1911 to ensure the passage of the Parliament Act 1911, which, together with the Parliament Act 1949, reduces the House of Lords's powers and establishes the supremacy of the Commons (in particular, the House of Lords can only delay, but not reject, most bills on which the Commons insist).
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/British_Prime_Minister (4976 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers
		He was probably called first minister while the title of prime minister was not officially recognized until 1905.
		Our dilemma is reflected somewhat in the biographical commentary for several of the prime ministers who served prior to 1905.
		In summarizing the careers of the prime ministers, we have tried to present a brief but accurate picture of the political lives of the men and woman who have assumed the position.
	www.britannia.com /gov/primes (496 words)

	How Does Tony Blair Get To Choose His Election Day? Emily Yoffe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		British Prime Minister Tony Blair just announced that the election to decide whether he will get a second term in office will be held June 7.
		British prime ministers typically are the leaders of the party that has the majority of seats in the House of Commons.
		Once the prime minister decides on a date, he (or she) goes to Buckingham Palace and asks the queen to dissolve parliament, which Blair has done.
	slate.msn.com /id/1007649 (591 words)

	British Prime Ministers: Attlee, Clement Richard (1883-1967)
		British Labour Party leader from 1935 to 1955 and prime minister from July 26, 1945, to Oct. 26, 1951.
		In May 1940 he supported the prime ministry of Winston Churchill and, during the war, served in the war cabinet as lord privy seal (1940-42), deputy prime minister (1942-45), secretary of state for the dominions (1942-43), and lord president of the council (1943-45).
		Attlee's papers and correspondence are spread widely in various repositories around the country and many institutions hold the correspondence of the Prime Minister with a single individual, for example, the House of Lords Record Office holds his correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook from 1943 to 1961.
	www.mdlg05075.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /attlee.htm (746 words)

	20th century British elections and prime ministers
		Prime Ministers are given in the second column followed by their party and date of appointment.
		Where a prime minister forms what is regarded as a new government but continues in officve, e.g.
		Lord Salisbury is normally regarded as the last Prime Minister in the House of Lords.
	ubh.tripod.com /ub/courses/his435/uk20c01.htm (674 words)

	Compare the view that the most significant constraint upon British Prime Ministers is the power and influence of ...
		The British Prime Minister, similar to the American President now takes a very public role, exploiting the establishment of TV as the most prominent medium to address themselves directly to the public.
		The growth of the Prime Minister's office and its staff is an obvious reason.
		A Prime Minister may be free to appoint who she wishes to her cabinet, but there are usually practical limitations.
	www.coursework.info /i/6219.html (606 words)

	The Official languages are english AND french but... \| Antimoon Forum
		I guess this is because Canada is part of the Commonwealth, with the Queen as supreme head of state, so an English or Scots prime minister is not a foreigner in the proper sense.
		I tried looking for an answer on the web about whether a British born person is still allowed to become prime minister since it was still possible in 1984-- found no info as yet.
		The Prime Ministers we had that were born in Scotland and Britain had all lived in Canada for several years, which made them Canadians (in fact, at that time most of the people in Canada were originally from other countries).
	www.antimoon.com /forum/2004/5973.htm (1164 words)

	British Prime Ministers: Heath, Edward (1916-)
		After a succession of posts in the whip's office he was made parliamentary secretary to the Treasury and chief government whip under Prime Minister Anthony Eden in December 1955.
		He served as minister of labour in the government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan from October 1959 to July 1960, when he became lord privy seal with Foreign Office responsibilities.
		As prime minister, Heath had to face the crisis of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, over which he imposed direct British rule in 1972.
	www.mdlg05075.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /heath.htm (478 words)

	Winston Churchill
		His first speech as Prime Minister was the famous "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech.
		Winston Churchill – Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Leader of the House of Commons.
		September 1953: Florence Horsbrugh, the Minister of Education, Sir Thomas Dugdale, the Minister of Agriculture, and Gwilym Lloyd George, the Minister of Food, enter the cabinet.
	www.1bx.com /en/Churchill.htm (8747 words)

	Impeach Prime Minister Tony Blair for misleading Parliament and the British people (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The report which is co-authored by academics Glen Rangwala and Dan Plesch presents evidence that the Prime Minister deliberately distorted the intelligence assessments available to him in order to deceive the public and Parliament over the case for war, and recommends that impeachment procedures are begun against the Prime Minister for this misconduct.
		In addition, the report maintains that the Prime Minister's actions have destroyed the British government's reputation for honesty around the world; it has damaged and discredited the intelligence services; it has undermined the constitution by weakening cabinet government and has made a mockery of Parliament as representative of the people.
		The motion is entitled "Conduct of the Prime Minister in relation to the war against Iraq" and bears the names of 23 members of parliament from five parties...
	www.impeachblair.org (833 words)

	MORI - Rating British Prime Ministers
		Labour's first post-war Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, has been voted as the most successful British Prime Minister in the 20th century, according to a survey conducted by MORI and the University of Leeds among academics specialising in 20th century British history and politics.
		The survey, which was conducted with the blessing of the Political Studies Association, asked academics to indicate on a scale of 0 to 10 how successful or unsuccessful they considered each PM to have been in office (with 0 being highly unsuccessful and 10 being highly successful).
		The worst-rated Prime Minister, with a mean score of 2.53, is Anthony Eden.
	www.mori.com /polls/2004/leeds-top.shtml (302 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- British, Irish prime ministers call on IRA to disarm, say group has derailed ...
		British, Irish prime ministers call on IRA to disarm, say group has derailed peace process
		LONDON – The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland called Tuesday on the IRA to disarm and put a stop to hostile activities, once more blaming the group for a massive bank heist that has gravely damaged power-sharing efforts in Northern Ireland.
		After a briefing by senior police commanders about the Belfast bank robbery, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern emphasized they were certain the Irish Republican Army was responsible.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050201-1444-nireland-peacetalks.html (458 words)

	Look Who Will Be Choosing Our Next Prime Minister
		For over a century, British prime ministers have climbed to the top of the greasy pole by more routes than the historically unwary may suppose.
		Of the 20 prime ministers of the 20th century, only five - including Tony Blair - first entered No 10 as outright general election victors; the other 15 either inherited from a party predecessor, or took over without an intervening general election.
		In extreme circumstances, this could result in the choice of a new leader, and thus a new prime minister, who was not supported by the Commons majority on whose support a prime minister's authority traditionally rests.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/10-11-2004-60377.asp (634 words)

	Prime Ministers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prime Minister Tony Blair in the House of Commons
		Prime Minister Tony Blair The UK's 2005 G8 and EU presidencies...
		prime minister contact biography speeches PM's office G8 and EU Presidencies government cabinet guide to legislation guide to government in your are...
	www.historyfizz.co.uk /k.php?qkw=Prime+Ministers&type=s (282 words)

	Prime Ministers in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Indeed, in 1761 the concept of having one senior minister in charge of government was described as an 'odious' idea, denoting special royal favour and access.
		The term 'prime minister' didn't even come into common usage until just a century ago.
		The biography for current PM Tony Blair can be found in the Prime Minister area of the site.
	www.pmo.gov.uk /output/page123.asp (495 words)

	MORI - Rating British Prime Ministers
		In 2000 the British Politics Group — a network of UK and American scholars of British politics — ran another poll which attracted only 22 responses, with the top three ranked in order as Churchill, Attlee and Lloyd George.
		Respondents were asked to give their views on the greatest domestic and foreign policy successes and failures of the 20th century, and the majority of those responses singled out the Attlee government's welfare state reforms and the creation of the NHS as the key 20th century domestic policy achievements.
		In total, 139 academics specializing in 20th century British history and/or politics completed the questionnaire, out of a total of 258 who were initially invited to take part (giving a response rate of 54%).
	www.mori.com /polls/2004/leeds.shtml (875 words)

	BBC NEWS \| N Ireland \| Prime ministers' NI talks 'crucial'
		A meeting to be held between the Irish and British prime ministers is the most crucial one the peace process has seen in 20 years, it has been claimed.
		The meeting between the prime ministers is due to take place in London on Thursday.
		"I think that Thursday's engagement between the taoiseach and the British prime minister is probably the most important political engagement that we have seen in the last 20 years," the former Stormont Education Minister said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/2678041.stm (449 words)

	British Prime Ministers: Wilson, Harold (1916-1995)
		Wilson was first elected to the House of Commons in 1945 and was appointed president of the Board of Trade in 1947, becoming, at age 31, Britain's youngest cabinet minister since William Pitt the Younger in 1792.
		In 1965 Wilson was unable to avert an illegal declaration of independence by the white minority government of the British colony of Rhodesia, and his subsequent efforts to topple the rebel government by the use of economic sanctions rather than by military force failed.
		By the June referendum on EEC membership, Wilson was able not only to confirm British membership in the EEC by an overwhelming majority but also to end an acrimonious, long-running quarrel inside the party.
	www.mdlg05075.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /wilson.htm (659 words)

	British Prime Ministers: Thatcher, Margaret (1925-)
		She was joint parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (1961-64) and secretary of state for education and science (only the second woman ever to become a Conservative cabinet minister) under Prime Minister Edward Heath (1970-74).
		The Conservatives' decisive victory in the general elections of 1979, which elevated her to the prime ministry, was thought partly to have resulted from her denunciation of trade-union-induced chaos in the previous winter's strikes.
		Throughout her terms Thatcher pursued the policies that earned her the appellation of "Iron Lady": strict dominance over the ministers of her cabinet; pursuance of a strong monetarist policy; increased subjection of trade unions to legal constraints; and "privatization" of state-owned enterprises.
	www.mdlg05075.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /thatcher.htm (550 words)

	Facts About the British Prime Ministers Review
		British historians, political junkies, and trivia fans will all be delighted by the information provided in this wonderful book.
		The information included is almost overwhelming (e.g., one prime minister was born in Canada, more prime ministers were born Wednesday and more died Tuesday than on any other days), and this information is not in the miscellany section, either.
		The location of each prime minister's personal papers is noted.
	www.hwwilson.com /reviews/Factsbpm_review.htm (198 words)

	CNN.com - Crisis talks over Northern Ireland - June 27, 2001
		With Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble threatening to quit as Northern Ireland First Minister on Sunday over IRA weapons decommisioning, Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair are to fly to Hillsborough Castle for talks.
		The Good Friday agreement is the 1998 peace accord that brought power sharing and a sharp reduction in sectarian violence between the pro-British Protestants and Catholics seeking unification with Ireland.
		Since the agreement was signed the IRA has twice opened some arms dumps to observers to certify that they were not being used, but Protestant unionists say this is not enough.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/06/27/nireland (487 words)

	British Prime Ministers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He resigned when his War Minister was censured by the Commons over his handling of army supplies during the war in South Africa.
		The Duke became Prime Minister on the death of his brother, Henry Pelham.
		However, disagreements with ministers and British setbacks at the start of the Seven Years' War (1756-63) led to his resignation in 1756.
	englishculture.allinfoabout.com /features/pm1.html (2103 words)

	U.K. Politics Trivia and Quizzes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Probably no other past British Prime Minister is more widely admired than Churchill, so it is more than a little surprising that this is the first Funtrivia quiz on him.
		Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister 1834-35 and 1841-46, is widely admired as a reformer and as one Britain's greatest peace time Prime Ministers.
		The office of Prime Minister is the pinnacle of any British politican's career, but this quiz, I hope, takes a different look at the holders of that office.
	www.funtrivia.com /quizlistgold.cfm?cat=106 (802 words)

	Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Society and Culture: History: Parliament: Prime Ministers
		Britannia.com - Britain's Prime Ministers · Short biographies on every British Prime Minister from Walpole (1721) through the present.
		The Hewett School - British Prime Ministers · cached · A list of Prime Ministers from 1721 to today; includes some biographies.
		Spartacus Educational - Prime Ministers 1715-1990 · cached · Offers hyperlinked biographies of British Prime Ministers from Robert Walpole to Margaret Thatcher.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=390574 (138 words)

	CNN.com - Former PMs among Heath mourners - Jul 25, 2005
		LONDON, England -- Former British prime ministers Baroness Thatcher and John Major will be among mourners attending the funeral of their Conservative predecessor, Sir Edward Heath, on Monday.
		Heath, who served as Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974 and took Britain into the EEC, the forerunner of the EU, died aged 89 on July 17.
		Major, who succeeded Thatcher as Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997, told PA Heath was "a man of strong convictions even though they were sometimes unpopular."
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/07/25/heath.funeral/index.html (290 words)

	British Prime ministers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I wish to let former Prime Ministers see the recent correspondence I have addressed to Government regarding British responsibility for the destruction of democracy in Nigeria and its appalling consequences.
		The British people must dedicate themselves and resolve that these innocent men, women and children did not die in vain.
		That these African peoples, under God, should have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for all the people of Nigeria, shall not be allowed to perish from the earth, because of the treachery of renegade British politicians.
	www.nigerdeltacongress.com /barticles/British%20prime%20Ministers.htm (466 words)

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