[friendlybus]

What's cynical about it? People got to vote on him and enough approved.

If you hold something against people named 'alex' then let's hear it.

Prime ministers are a part of a larger story. The practice of aligning with the larger story won't change, people will just work harder to make it happen. I don't want to play the game of guessing who legally changed their birth name to match what the people wanted instead of just running on a pen name and accepting the world as it is.