SamuelRSmith said: Actually, it's the Queen who appoints the senior members, though it's on advice from the prime minister. I do not believe the prime minister has to give advice, and I even believe a law was passed saying that if the prime minister is not a protestant, the queen doesn't need to take the advice. |
From what i've read the Prime Minister is given names and then picks one... who the queen then has to appoint. I haven't read anything about that other law.
Though Gordon Brown did want to pass a law to where the Prime Minister is given one name... which is then given to the queen.
Making it really a pointless exercise.