On Wednesday, Robert Bannister pointed out that ...
On 20/9/17 2:10 pm, Snidely wrote:
Saturday, Robert Bannister quipped:
On 16/9/17 2:56 pm, Snidely wrote:
Robert Bannister used thar keyboard to writen:
On 15/9/17 3:17 pm, Snidely wrote:
Wolf K noted that:
On 2017-09-13 11:26, Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:03:29 +0100, "NY" wrote:


Mind you that applies to many senior positions: any Prime Minister
of the UK
is automatically also First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for
the Civil
Service.


Are those permanent titles or do they go away when they are no longer
Prime Minister?

Prime Minister is not a title. It's a designation, like 2nd
Vice-president or Chief Financial Officer or Assistant Manager.

I think you mean, "Prime Minister is not a title in the aristocratic
sense; it is instead a job title."

(Quick, what's the difference between a book's title and it's
designation?)

In the USA, AFAICT a President is a President for the rest of his
life. That's because he is the Head of State as well as the Head of
Government.

I'm not sure how that logic applies to Head-of-State (Ret).

Historically, heads-of-state were monarchs or tyrants of another kind
and they always remained in office until their death (which often
occurred sooner than they expected). Retirement wasn't really an option,
because while they were alive, they represented a possible danger to
their successors.

Yes, but remember we have a 200+ year record of mostly retiring our heads
of state.* So we're used to it.* Jimmy Carter doesn't operate as a head
of state these days.* He does operate as someone who has built up an
account of goodwill and respect, but the difference between him and Bill
Gates is that the Guy From Georgia does his humanitarian work without
being associated with Redmond, Washington.

Only four presidents actually killed, but over 30 attempts according to
Wiki.

And very few of the 30 attempts involved a retired President.

True, but that would be locking the stable door too late. Do your
ex-presidents receive an enormous retirement package like our Aussie prime
ministers and even ordinary parliamentarians do?

The point is that out of 44 presidents no longer serving, 36 outlived
the terms in office (and I would count Nixon as "retired" even if he
didn't complete his term). Most of the 36 outlived the office by more
than 4 years.

/dps

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I have always been glad we weren't killed that night. I do not know
any particular reason, but I have always been glad.
_Roughing It_, Mark Twain