If Milibandwagon Major came back as FS, I think that would absolutely smash the record for longest gap between spells as FS - currently George Canning, 12 years 11 months. (View Post)

There have of course been other examples of backbenchers catapulted to the top job, but most of them were either very technical or a long time ago. For example, Bonar Law in 1922, who had retired due… (View Post)

54 weeks, to be exact, although the general thrust of the comment is correct. However, the most recent example was Sunak. (View Post)

Until 1905 it was actually fairly common for governments to change party without an election. From 1865 to 1868 there were four prime ministers from three different parties, but no election. (View Post)

But that's the problem, isn't it? It's not just that he's gulled by the rubbish but about by MAGA it's that even when it's demonstrated to him that it's not true he… (View Post)