The Prime Minister is possibly the most important person in the country and anyone over 18 is eligible for the job. It can't be that difficult, Gordon Brown managed it, and there's no reason why you can't start now, after all, William Hague made his first speech when he was 16. The point is, it's not as complicated or as difficult as the men in suits make it out to be, all you have to do is get people to vote for you.
The first thing that you have to decide is whether you're going to start your own party or join one. If you join it may take a while for you to work your way up the ranks and by the time you get there everyone will probably hate you. On the other hand starting afresh involves lots of money to get representatives in different areas, that is unless you find a way of not paying them.
You will also have to sort out your party's policies, basically what issues you want to tackle and what you believe in (NOTE: making yourself ruler of the world probably won't get many votes.)
Once you have the Party sorted out and named, (Something sensible will work best, I wonder why the monster raving loonies aren't in power? Try not to be dull though, honestly who thought of Labour?) you need to know how you will get voted in. In a national election the people in each area vote for a Member of Parliament. This person belongs to a Party and will represent their area in the House of Commons. Then the Party which has the most seats (people from their party) gets in power. So then the leader of the winning party then becomes Prime Minister. If you started the party then this will hopefully be you.
At the moment going to a private school helps to be an important MP (Of the 52 Prime Ministers since 1721 only 12 have not been privately educated, the majority came from Eton, Harrow and Westminster.) This can and WILL change.
The main thing is that you should not be afraid to make a difference or stand out from the crowd. The truth is that not everyone is going to support you, but it's worth a try. Look at Margaret Thatcher, she's the only female Prime Minister that Britain has ever had, maybe it's time for another one?
So it's simple really, I wish you all the very best in your campaign, vote for me though as soon as you (and I) are 18! See you in the House of Commons.
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