What are the rules/restrictions in becoming Prime Minister?

I think you need to have been elected as an MP which means you need to be 21. This is the only requirement to become PM that I know of.

bibalasvegas said:
Can't be catholic I think which is why Blair converted after leaving office.
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Huh?! :confused: Blair converted after leaving office because he didn't want to draw attention to it. It is the Royal Family where you can't be a Catholic if you want to be in line for the throne.
 
Capn' $qu!ff said:
You've got to be over 21 thats it!

edit: oh and you can't have been a previous PM
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Can't have been a previous Prime Minister?

Must have changed some? I thought (off the top of my head) that Pitt the younger, Gladstone, Disraeli had more than one go at it in the 1800s and Churchill and Wilson a couple of goes in the 1900s, or have I misunderstood you?
 
Belly said:
Can't have been a previous Prime Minister?

Must have changed some? I thought (off the top of my head) that Pitt the younger, Gladstone, Disraeli had more than one go at it in the 1800s and Churchill and Wilson a couple of goes in the 1900s, or have I misunderstood you?
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Think he's wrong there. Unless Churchill cocked things up royally? :D
 
Belly said:
Can't have been a previous Prime Minister?

Must have changed some? I thought (off the top of my head) that Pitt the younger, Gladstone, Disraeli had more than one go at it in the 1800s and Churchill and Wilson a couple of goes in the 1900s, or have I misunderstood you?
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I dont think there is any restriction on being a PM as long as you've ben elected, think you just have to be on the electoral role, and you can be PM as many times as you want. Its the party that are elected not the PM. Also im not sure if the monarchy can have a say and refuse, though getting to this stage would probably start another civil war.
 
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Right. Now all we have to do is fill in this MP application form. Name:
`Baldrick'. First name...?

B: Er, I'm not sure.

E: Well, you must have some idea...

B: Well, it might be `*** off'.

E: What?

B: Well, when I used to play in the gutter, I used to say to the other
snipes, "Hello, my name's Baldrick," and they'd say, "Yes, we know.
*** off, Baldrick."

E: All right, right right right right, `Mr. S. Baldrick'. Now; distinguishing
features... `None'.

B: Well, I've got this big growth in the middle of my face.

E: That's your nose, Baldrick. Now; any history of insanity in the family?
Tell you what, I'll cross out the `in'. Any history of *sanity* in the
family? `None whatsoever'. Now then; criminal record...

B: Absolutely not.

E: Oh, come on, Baldrick, you're going to be an MP, for God's sake! I'll just
put `fraud and sexual deviancy'. Now; minimum bribe level...

B: One turnip. Oh, hang on, I don't want to price myself out of the market.

E: Baldrick, I've always been meaning to ask: Do you have any ambitions in
life apart from the aquisition of turnips?

B: Er, no.

E: So what would you do if I gave you a thousand pounds?

B: I'd get a little turnip of my own.

E: So what would you do if I gave you a million pounds?

B: Oh, that's different. I'd get a great big turnip in the country.

:D:D

This thread reminded me of this Scene from Blackadder III
 
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