[dkdbejwi383]

One could make the argument that omitting the Prime Minister from the list of leaders is actually correct.

[Freak_NL]

Not really. The 'leader' of the Netherlands for all political purposes is the Prime Minister, not the king.

You are mixing up leader with head of state. The latter can be a completely meaningless role fulfilled by a paid actor such as in our case, whereas the nominal leader may look like a paid actor, but tends to have actual power and some form of accountability.

[martopix]

I think it was a political remark on Boris Johnson.

[vadiml]

Valid for Ukraine too

[heavenlyblue]

> leader with head of state

I am not a native speaker - what is the difference between these two words?

[frederikvs]

In e.g. a monarchy, the head of state is the king or queen. In many monarchies these days, this person tends to have very little actual power.

The leader of a country is the person leading it, e.g. a president, prime minister, or similar.

Sometimes the term head of government is also used, which I think is usually the same as the leader of the country.

[joshuaissac]

In parliamentary republics, the president is the head of state (and has little actual power), while the prime minister is the head of government.

[capableweb]

One usually has a prime minister as the head of cabinet and the executive branch via the rest of the ministers. What argument could one make to say a prime minister is not a leader, since the actual argument is missing from your comment?

[jpgvm]

He is making a joke about how Rupert Murdoch actually runs the UK.

[dkdbejwi383]

> What argument could one make to say a prime minister is not a leader, since the actual argument is missing from your comment?

Hiding in fridges for a start.

[andrewaylett]

I'm fairly sure the post you're responding to is an observation on the current state of UK politics, rather than a generalisation.