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The use of 'Mr Prime Minister' for informal usage.

I don't think I've ever heard the term Mr Prime Minister used informally in the UK. It is far far more common to hear and use Prime Minister when referring to or speaking at the Prime Minister. Using Mr/Madam etc. + [Title Name] is far far more common in the USA than the UK and I'd wager that the American precedent has been applied wrongly here. RavingWelsh (talk) 17:41, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It seems a strange construction and I doubt it is used in the UK, I would be tempted to just remove it. "Prime Minister" is the normal use. MilborneOne (talk) 18:46, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly I myself can't edit it away, but there are a few websites even from the US acknowledging the convention that it is just 'Prime Minister' the confusion may be that Canada sometimes uses the term 'Mr Prime Minister' but can confirm from my experience it is almost never done here. RavingWelsh (talk) 20:15, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Here being UK RavingWelsh (talk) 20:15, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed it here. Thanks for pointing it out (and yes, I've never heard it here either). -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 20:20, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Went to check the Deputy PM page and have changed its style to be in line with this one too. RavingWelsh (talk) 20:24, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Appointer listed as The Crown

The info box should be edited to change the appointer being listed as the Crown to either Elizabeth II or to The Sovereign linking to the British monarchy page. The Crown is analogous to the state in the Commonwealth realms and shouldn’t be used as shorthand for the King/Queen of the United Kingdom. 2A00:23C8:A2CD:D01:CAA:87C3:17DF:535B (talk) 20:39, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Office of Prime Minister

The second paragraph says "It was announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 31 January 2022 that the office of Prime Minister would be formally established" but that isn't what the cited article says. It says he's creating an "office of the prime minister" i.e. a group of civil servants led by a permanent secretary to support the prime minister.

It's talking about these people:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street/about

The actual office of prime minister (not the office of the prime minister) remains as it's always been.

43.225.113.167 (talk) 15:00, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

PM was kicked out

Rumored to be kicked out by the queen herself, Boris Johnson resigned along with most of his staff aswell, so it needs updating https://www.wsj.com/articles/boris-johnson-prime-minister-resigns-uk-government-11657144874 MagentiumPRIME (talk) 06:40, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your statement that he has resigned suggests you have not read your own reference which starts "British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would resign once a successor is chosen, after senior members of his government turned against him and urged him to stand down following a series of scandals." That process has not yet completed. (Your mention of a rumour suggests you misunderstand the constitution of the United Kingdom.) Bazza (talk) 08:11, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Liz Truss is not PM

The Queen has not invivted Liz Truss to form a government, and won't do until September 6th, so why is this page claiming she's PM? 86.159.195.165 (talk) 11:50, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Second this. Even if she WILL be tomorrow she is not right now. The incumbent is Bojo. InspectorRage (talk) 11:58, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]