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Old 11th Jun 2017, 09:47
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teeteringhead

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IIRC in the past the Tories had a Party Leader who was in the Lords and a PM who was in the Commons.
'Twas even worse HH.

Lord Home (14th Earl of) became leader of the Tory party - and so PM - on 19th Oct '63, while still in the Upper House. On the 23rd Oct, he disclaimed (is that the right word?) his peerage and became Sir Alec (he was a KT) Douglas-Home.

He was elected MP on 12th November (for the [very] safe seat of Kinross and West Perthshire).

So - for 4 days we had a PM in the Lords.

For 20 days a PM who was in neither House.

Thereafter a PM who was an MP.
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