"Much like I didn't get a vote to decide this current Prime Minister." And why should you? That isn't how our governmental system works. We elect local MPs who the represent our views (theoretically) in Parliament. If we were voting purely for one leader, we would be a presidency. See: America. See this wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom Point of note: "The Prime Minister is appointed by the Sovereign, who is bound by constitutional convention to choose the individual most likely to command the support of the House of Commons (normally, the leader of the party with a majority in that body). Should the Prime Minister lose the confidence of the House of Commons (indicated, for example, by the passage of a no confidence motion), he or she is morally obliged by similar conventions either to resign (in which case the Sovereign can try to find another Prime Minister who has the House's confidence) or to request the monarch to call a general election."