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1. simons+94[view] [source] 2022-09-08 17:48:59
>>xd+(OP)
Winston Churchill (1951–55)

Anthony Eden (1955–57)

Harold Macmillan (1957–63)

Alec Douglas-Home (1963–64)

Harold Wilson (1964–70)

Edward Heath (1970–74)

Harold Wilson (1974–76)

James Callaghan (1976–79)

Margaret Thatcher (1979–90)

John Major (1990–97)

Tony Blair (1997–07)

Gordon Brown (2007–10)

David Cameron (2010–16)

Theresa May (2016–19)

Boris Johnson (2019–22)

Liz Truss (2022 (two days ago) - current)

Quite the reign! Can't help but feel a bit sad really.

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2. Terret+Z9[view] [source] 2022-09-08 18:08:20
>>simons+94
Put another way, her Prime Ministers saw the world from 1874 - 2022, nearly 150 years.
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3. huhten+Ng[view] [source] 2022-09-08 18:29:54
>>Terret+Z9
> her Prime Ministers

I suspect that you don't realize how bizarre this phrasing is for the vast majority of the world.

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4. amache+Ny[view] [source] 2022-09-08 19:42:51
>>huhten+Ng
That is not true.

There are many countries in the world who run different system of governments, and many as doing it quite successfully.

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5. huhten+yN[view] [source] 2022-09-08 20:49:18
>>amache+Ny
What is not true?

That phrase implies that she had PMs subservient to her. That's not how the UK monarchy is generally explained, at least not outside of the UK.

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6. flumpc+D31[view] [source] 2022-09-08 22:32:06
>>huhten+yN
She is the head of state. The UK isn't the only country she is head of state either. She has the power to dissolve UK government.
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