In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Apilado) wrote:
> Could it be that the UK has a better education system that produces > leaders that are unmatched on the planet? Nope. But it is impossible to become Prime Minister without being pretty articulate, in certain specialised ways. The degree to which social class here is indicated by speech also has something to do with it. GWB's speaking manner would likely rule him out for selection as a candidate for Parliament - and as a candidate to be a US congressman? To be Prime Minister, you have to be an MP and to have been one for some time; becoming PM involves similar processes to becoming a House Majority Leader in the USA. --- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]