Rejected petition Put Marina Hyde in charge of Brexit.

Over the last three years, Guardian columnist Marina Hyde has made more sense on Brexit than all 650 MPs combined. As I understand it, Marina doesn't have much experience of international negotiations, or of running a country, but hey, she couldn't do worse than the current lot.

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See, for example: "For Theresa May, 'I'm a tin-eared lunatic' seems to be the hardest word", Guardian, 23 March 2019. I rest my case.

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It’s about honours or appointments.

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In any case, as you might already know, the Prime Minister of the UK is not chosen by the UK Government or Parliament.

After a general election, the Queen decides who to invite to form a Government. In practice, this is usually the leader of the political party that wins the most seats in a general election. You can find out more about this here:

https://www.royal.uk/queen-and-government

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Date submitted 23 March 2019
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