There has been only one other female Prime Minister in the past and she was not Prime Minister very long.  Will be a Female Prime Minister that will stay longer than the last female Prime Minister?
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Well the last female Prime Minister stayed a lot longer than many other Prime Ministers last century, but I don't see another one coming soon. It's not out of the question, but all the main parties seem to have male candidates in all their leadership contests (except the SNP, where there's a woman in charge in Scotland, but she's still officially subservient to a man sitting in Westminster)
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Indeed...I hate to admit it but a female president is going to have a much harder time dealing with foreign nations that view women as inferior to men. I think that a female president would bring life to our struggling economy generally because women tend to be more nurturing and supportive and less likely to spend our funds on killing people in foreign countries..You go Girl!! lol!!
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NO NO NO\n\nshe did a lousy job the last time she was in office
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They should have included atleat Congress in the cabinet. Only then, the govt. can be stable. At the most the govt. will last for 3 yrs till Congress needs DMK support at the centre. If at all they have included Congress, they can think of a stable govt.
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She's not automatically the Speaker.  SHe is currently the minority leader, which makes her a clear choice to be elected once the Congress meets in January.  It is unlikely that they will choose anyone else.
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You are right. He was not a strong contender for the post of Prime MInister. He was picked by Sonia as the situation was not favourable for her to take the reins of the country. Once she finds the situation conducive for her of her son Rahul, our PM Manmohan will have to go.
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Hay Dude; don't get bent all out of shape but I think it is time that we had a woman in office. The old saying is (hell has no furry then that of a woman scorn) get my drift.I vote for Hillary Clinton.
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There will be a leadership contest.  It's silly to believe that Gordon will be voted in to be the next leader of the Labour Party.  When Tony announces the end of his term you'll see other Labour supporters come out of the woodwork to contest against Gordon.\n\nConsider the Major wasn't Thatcher's choice...
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I would like Condelizza (my apologies if I misspelled her first name) Rice to be the next President of the United States of America.  She is well qualified, having multiple Ph.D.'s in international affairs, and she has served as chief of the Intel. community and State Department.  I think she would make a STRONG president.
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No, Pelosi will have gotten herself fired before that would happen. At  the rate  she is going, three months is a stretch!
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United Kingdom - Margaret Thatcher\nIndia - Indira Gandhi\nArgentina - Isabel Peron\n\nCheck the link for more\n\nand then take away the countries that are left in the world and you will have the correct answer... remind me to read better next time lol
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yep. no valid reason to go inthe first place, no reason to stay now. The sooner we leave the sooner a natural balance cna be restored to the country.\n\nForcing our idea of democracy and values on a country will never work.\n\nyou would have thought we'd learnt that by now. I guess there are no history books in Downing Street.
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The Governor General may have a lot of power, but it is rarely used.  Their government is very similar to English.  They have a parliment made up of elected members.  The party (or coalition of parties) that has the majority selects from its membership, the person that will be the Prime Minister.  The current PM is John Howard.  His position is very similar to Tony Blair, PM of England.   There is no higher elected authority like the President in the U.S.    (My apologies to any of my Aussie friends if I haven't described this correctly.)
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Technically speaking yes. In 1995, John Major resigned as Conservative Party leader but still remained Prime Minister, so in theory Tony Blair could resign as Labour Party Leader but still be PM.
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Time will tell ... just be patience!\ntill the end of time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nHellooooooo so many women in the world !!!
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Next election we have 2 female candidates, and I believe both are the favored candidates. \nSecondly a womans nature isn't to lead in a head position, but in a behind the scenes position. I'm not saying it's impossible, however, most wouldn't exactly shine. Third, the number of female candidates has been far to low for one to have been elected. Fourth, foreign negotiations would probably have trouble with a female leader. Many countries still have women in lesser positions and believe women aren't fit for head positions in anything. A probably distant fifth reason is that some guys wouldn't except a female president so they would lose votes there, but noone's ever gonna be excepted by everyone. Don't take this as unfair treatment, it's fairly equal, and it's also natural. Most people I know would be open minded enough to accept a woman, that was qualified, to be president.\n\nI believe that's 5 good reasons, and also I gave you some info on the fact that we might soon get a female president, so whatever sexism you were trying to 'bring to light' or w/e  you should probably drop. Sexism is similar to racism, most is fueled by the person who is 'hurt' by it, for the simple reason that they can't understand, someone's always going to find some reason not to like you, it doesn't matter what you say. If you're perfect in every other way, they'll use your race, your sex, or your ethnicity against you. Grow past it and stronger than it and you'll probably notice less of it.\n\nAnd trust me, just because we get women leaders, we would not be without war. Men are more logical than women, and women act on emotions. Emotions are feelings and feelings are temporal. If a girl's on her period and then also ends up with some problem with her kid if she's married, and then has to negotiate with Russia, I'd personally be scared. That's one of the reasons women operate better behind the scenes. But my point was, impulse and emotion cause a whole lot more fighting than logic does. Women are human just like men, and there's going to be fighting regardless.
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I think "isn't it time...?" may be the wrong approach.  I do not believe we should specifically seek to elect a 'the first woman President' or 'the first African-American President' or an other such 'first' just to do so.  These sorts of things will likely happen in time, but not just to do them!\n\nCompare how Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister in Britain.  It was not BECAUSE of her gender!  She simply was very good at what she did and rose to prominence in her party the same way anyone else would. (The same is the case for the first elected female leaders of other states, e.g., Israel and India.)\n\nI am hopeful that is how it will happen in the U.S. as well. \nI happen to agree with you about Hillary Clinton -- I am opposed to her, but it has nothing to do with her being a woman. (And I think it would be just as unfortunate for people to vote FOR a Presidential candidate of ANY party just because she's a woman, as it is to vote AGAINST the person for that reason.)